Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 21:14:52 -0500 From: "freebsd" <george@vagner.com> To: "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 3.3R/3.4R: can't make it to sysinstall from boot floppies for system install ... Message-ID: <LPBBIKHCOCLNDPNNPHPFOEKBCCAA.george@vagner.com> In-Reply-To: <200001100225.UAA28513@fep.hirshfields.com>
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i had this same problem and had to redo the master boot record
because i previously had NT 4.0 on the drive.
a fdisk /mbr from a dos booted floppy with fdisk.exe on
it of course will help.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Roger P.
Johnson
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 9:26 PM
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: 3.3R/3.4R: can't make it to sysinstall from boot floppies for
system install ...
Hi,
I have both the Walnut Creek CD-ROM FreeBSD 3.3 and FreeBSD 3.4 Release.
I am unable to get to the sysinstall program to install FreeBSD when
booting for either fresh install or upgrade. I don't get that far.
Here's how I made my boot floppies from CD-ROM for both releases:
dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rsd0
dd if=mfsroot.flp of=/dev/rsd0
Trying the 3.3 Release floppies to boot, here is what I get for messages:
[insert 3.3. kern.flp boot floppy and power cycle the PC]
kernel text=<blah> zf_read: fill error
elf_loadexec: archsw.readin failed
can't load module '/kernel': input/output error
Hit [Enter] to blah blah ...
End of story for 3.3 ...
Trying the 3.4 Relase floppies to boot, here is what I get for messages:
[insert 3.4. kern.flp boot floppy and power cycle the PC]
kernel text=<blah> data=<blah> sysm=<blah>
Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: [switch floppies and
enter]
zf_read: fill error
Hit [Enter] to ...
<Now I make it into the UserConfig program and I select the option
"Start Kernel configuration in full screen visual mode. When I am
done I have only the appropriate drivers for the hardware and no
confilicts. I press Q and save. Then it continues on...>
probes hardware as usual, shows devices/drivers etc
waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
<I don't belive it lists my SCSI devices here, shouldn't it?>
changing root device to fd0c
root device 2880 blah ...
exec /stand/sysinstall: error 8
init: not found
panic: no init
End of story for 3.4 ...
Q: What is the zf_read error I get on both releases?
Q: Is this normal for all users?
Q: Is is serious or can I disreguard this message?
Q: I am using the correct boot floppies in the correct order right?
Q: I'm dumb founded at this point. Now what?
I've read through all the .txt files on the CD-ROM. I may have misssed
something. I've searched freebsd.og for zf_read error and found nothing.
This is my first entry into the 3.X releases. Everything I have is in
the 2.X, thus I have done about 75-100 installs of 2.X no problems ever,
but I'm stuck here. Help!
Here is my hardware setup:
DEC 333i: 333MHz Pentium II, 64 MB RAM
Adaptec 2940UW,
1st SCSI HD has NTWS 4.0
2nd SCSI HD has FreeBSD 2.2.7R
Seagate SCSI DAT tape drive
Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B
Matrox Millenium II graphics card
1.44MB Floppy drive
IDE CD-ROM.
PS/2 Mouse,
The onboard SCSI and onboard ethernet is diabled in the BIOS (both
unsupported versions in the 2.X branch) thus the Adaptec and NIC.
What gives?
Roger
rjohnson@hirshfields.com
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