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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Doug Junkins <junkins@foghead.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.6 install problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410231523.28437R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980409141725.1786C-100000@orcas>

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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Doug Junkins wrote:

> > Okay, I see.  Try booting and put -v on the Boot: prompt, then when the
> > Probing Devices .. message comes up hit ALT-F2.  There's a bug I'm hunting
> > that makes the wd slice probe loop a ton of times, it may be biting you
> > in a different way.
> > 
> 
> Thanks.  That pinpointed the problem.  The verbose output showed the
> polling of my to ide drives then it failed with the message:
> 
> 	wfd0: Sense the media type is failed

Funny, that's the IDE Removables driver (ZIP, LS-120).  Shouldn't impact
the ATAPI CDROM driver (wcd).  

> I guessed that this had something to do with my ATAPI CDROM so I checked
> to see if there was a disc in there.  When I checked, I found that my
> CDROM was dead.  I disconnected the failed CDROM and was successful at
> begining the install.  It's installing right now so we'll see how it works
> when it's complete.

Okay.  I've known some CDs to put up fits; usually it's internal ZIPs.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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