Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:30:37 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133 Message-ID: <20041129153037.GQ12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <41AACD27.6030506@paradise.net.nz> References: <41AACD27.6030506@paradise.net.nz>
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--Qf1oXS95uex85X0R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hi Mark, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>" To: To freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Nov, 2004 07:17 GMT Subject: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133 > Recently I decided to make the switch from 4.x to 5.x, now that 5 has > moved to stable. So about a week ago I installed 5.3 on my workstation > machine, a Tyan Trinity 400. All went well, so yesterday I decided to do > my "server" - a Tyan Tiger 133. Since these shared the same chipset I > thought all would go well too. > > Not the case, I cannot even boot from the 5.3 cd - the machine hangs or > reboots immediately upon trying to boot the (I get a fleeting glance at > the drive mappings, that is all). I have verified the checksums on the > iso image I used (and the same cd installed the Trinity with no problems) I've got the same problem here on a Tyan Tiger 230 (http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tiger230.html). As well as with your experiences, I can't seem to boot two sets of FreeBSD-5.3 REL CD-ROM sets from different suppliers. Here's what I get with any of the 5.3 REL installation cd's: Just at the point where you'd expect the /sbin/loader bit to start that goes into the FreeBSD boot process, I get lots of (what appears to be hex numbers) gibberish scrolling up the screen. Like you I thought that I might have a faulty cdrom drive, but swapping in a (sealed) drive produced the same results. However, the FreeBSD-4.10 REL cd's do appear to "start" working through the installation, but then I get lots of errors / warnings as follows: acdo: MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting ata1: resetting devices... done These scroll up the screen for ages and do not appear to be going anywhere - at which point I power down the system. > > This machine was running 4.10, and in case I have a suddenly bad cdrom, > I have installed 5.1 (the only other 5.x series I have lying around), > which completes fine. I've not got 5.1, but I did try the 5.2.1 CD-ROM Set (from BSDMall) as well with the same failure. What I was able to do is successfully install MS Windows 2K Pro, 2K Server & Fedora Core-3 on the same hardware over the last few hours - in fact, its now running Fedora Core-3 (apparently) happily. I've attached the dmesg from the Fedora install for anyone that might be intested in what the problem might be. Regards, Stacey > > Any ideas? > > More detailed specs on the machine: > > - Tyan Tiger 133 (S1834 Rev G) > - 2xPIII 700/100/256 , 2G RAM, Promise TX2000, 2xMaxtor Plus 8 ATA-133 40G > > regards > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Qf1oXS95uex85X0R--
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