Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:13:18 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Chris Wall <chris.wall@cbrworld.com> Cc: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> Subject: Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133 Message-ID: <20041129161318.GR12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <41AB44E9.80904@cbrworld.com> References: <41AACD27.6030506@paradise.net.nz> <20041129153037.GQ12622@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <41AB44E9.80904@cbrworld.com>
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Hi Chris, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wall <chris.wall@cbrworld.com>" To: To Stacey Roberts Date: Mon, 29 Nov, 2004 15:48 GMT Subject: Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133 > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > >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" > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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" > >> > >> > I didn't have any problems with my Tiger 133, although I am running a > SCSI disk setup. I've got only SCSI disks on my system: 2 x QUANTUM Model: ATLAS10K3_18_WLS Rev: 020W Running off of a Tekram DC-390U3W card: sym0:1: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62) Its an SMP set up: 2 x Intel Pentium III 866: Intel machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1. CPU1: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 0a Total of 2 processors activated (3432.44 BogoMIPS). ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs ..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=-1 checking TSC synchronization across 2 CPUs: passed. Brought up 2 CPUs zapping low mappings. Keeping in mind that the above output is from Fedora-Core3 built on the same machine early this morning.., Did you install from FreeBSD-5.3 REL cd's? Regards, Stacey > Processors 2 > Model Intel Pentium III > Chip MHz 800 MHz > PCI Devices agp0: VIA 82C691 (Apollo Pro) host to PCI bridge > pcib1: PCI-PCI bridge > isab0: PCI-ISA bridge > atapci0: VIA 82C596B UDMA66 controller > ahc0: Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter > fxp0: Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet > IDE Devices /none/ > SCSI Devices cd0: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-305 1.06 > da0: IBM DNES-318350W SA30 (Capacity: 17.93 GB) > > Chris
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