Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 11:40:19 -0800 (PST) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU> To: jake@ibmPCUG.CO.UK Cc: barnaby.ng@canrem.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fatal code=5888 Message-ID: <199502171940.LAA28690@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <9502171414.aa12295@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk> from "jake@ibmPCUG.CO.UK" at Feb 17, 95 02:14:51 pm
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> > > Help, I got a fatal error while trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 from > > the Walnut Creek CD. Hardware:- > > - Adaptec 2842VL (> 1GB bios translation enabled) > > > The installation program let me partition and assign my drives, but > > when I proceed, it gives me the following message:- > > > Fatal > > Exec (/stand/newfs) failed, code=5888 > > Aha! I had this same message with 950202, > I have a PCI AHA2940. > > Trying using the 950210-SNAP it sort of works for me. > the sort of means that I have a boot problem which is > being worked on (Thanks Justin!) I think this is due to some changes to newfs and sysinstall to address the extended translation problem. > > Your best bet would be to install without scsi from the CD > then grab the sys.a? kernsrc stuff from the latest SNAP and rebuild He needs the new sysintall and newfs, so he should pick up the new floppies. > > Regards, > Jake Dias > PC User Group > -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================
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