Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:08:20 -0600 From: David Crooke <dave@convio.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: More info - Re: NEWBIE: Install problem - "no CD-ROM devices found", ftp/NFS won't work, Dell GX1 Message-ID: <38B9E6A4.88CFD7DF@convio.com> References: <38B9E184.9BAA7A9F@convio.com>
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The plot thickens - tried it on another model, a GXMT500, and it started fine - the CD (Samsung SN-140) is detected as wdc1 and adcd0 (sp?) and all proceeds well. The machine I tried it on had a Linux image I needed so I didn't go through with an install, now to find another in the cupboard.... So, the issue remains - what about small Samsung CD-ROM's does FreeBSD not like? Why no ftp? I tried ftp to ftp.freebsd.org as well, using passive (firewall issues), with the same problem, though I can connect successfully from other OS'es on the same hardware and IP address. Dave David Crooke wrote: > > I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, but have successfully installed and managed > networks of systems running everything from Linux (Slackware, SuSE, > RedHat) to HP-UX, Solaris, Unicos and VMS to (choke gasp) NT/Winframe > systems. So, I'm hoping this isn't an idiot question, but I can't find > anything like it in the book or in FAQ - the asbestos coated NBC suit is > on :-) > > I am trying to install FreeBSD from the boxed set "FreeBSD Power Pack" > which I shamelessly scored in CompUSA in a fit of impulse buying. This > contains around 10 CD's, the one I'm using is labelled FreeBSD3.3, based > on "4.4 BSD lite", "Installation, Boot CD, Packages X11" and dated Oct > 99. I'm trying to do a bare install of a BSD-only setup, based on the > "quick install" suggestions on p. 59 of Greg Lehey's book (I have read > the first few chapters, as suggested). > > The target machine is a Dell Optiplex GX1 500S+, one of the little tiny > desktops with the grey front and the laptop-style CD-ROM if you know it. > P3 @ 500MHz on a 100MHz frontside, 128Mb SDRAM, single 9.7Gb Maxtor. > Video is ATI Rage 4Mb I think, haven't gotten that far. Integrated 3C905 > NIC. > > Problem 1: it won't detect the CD-ROM. When I get to the package install > phase, it complains that there are no CD-ROM devices. As far as I can > tell, the CD-ROM drive is a totally generic IDE-ATAPI device; it is > connected in the usual modern way as the primary device on the second > IDE bus, and it works fine as /dev/hdc under Linux (I booted a Red Hat > 6.1 install CD) which quotes it as a Samsung SN-124. During the kernel > load, FreeBSD does attempt to configure "wdc1" which I assume is the > second IDE controller, but stalls for around 30 secs without picking up > any devices. Note that it does boot OK from the CD-ROM, using El Torrito > (I know, that's the BIOS not the kernel). > > Problem 2: No ftp/NFS. I thought I'd try an ftp based install, and > configured one of the boxes here to export it's CD drive via ftp and > NFS. The onboard ethernet (3Com Boomerang, aka xl0) configures fine, and > correctly picks up DHCP info from the network, but I can't run any > traffic down it. FreeBSD complains it can't get DNS, even though it has > DHCP'ed the correct address for the DNS server, which is working, and > neither ftp nor NFS will work. > > I'm going to give it one more try, then dig out a full size PC from the > stock cupboard, before admitting defeat. Meanwhile, please point me in > the right direction! > > Cheers > Dave > > -- > David Crooke, Chief Technology Officer > Convio - the online partner for non-profits > Tel: (512) 652 2602 - Fax: (512) 652 2699 > 6300 Bridgepoint Pkwy, Austin TX 78759 -- David Crooke, Chief Technology Officer Convio - the online partner for non-profits Tel: (512) 652 2602 - Fax: (512) 652 2699 6300 Bridgepoint Pkwy, Austin TX 78759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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