Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 07:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Blaz Zupan <blaz.zupan@tmr.si> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/3374: Cannot Install FreeBSD 2.2.1 - installation hangs when copying bin to root directory Message-ID: <199706091440.HAA25245@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3374; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Blaz Zupan <blaz.zupan@tmr.si> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/3374: Cannot Install FreeBSD 2.2.1 - installation hangs when copying bin to root directory Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 16:33:42 +0200 I was just trying to install FreeBSD on a Pentium with 32MB RAM, an Adaptec 2940UW, a 3COM 3C905 (10/100) and a Quantum Fireball 3.2 SCSI disk and a IDE disk on the IDE controller. The system installed just fine (I installed from the Internet instead of CD). After the system was installed I tried installing additional packages and after some time the system simply hung solidly. When reseting it with the reset button the Adaptec BIOS did not recognize the Quantum. I had to turn off the machine and after that the disk was again recognized. There seems to be a pattern here and appears to me there is a problem with the combination Fireball/2940UW. I have Ultra SCSI in 2940UW setup turned off (also tried with it turned on), wide negotiation turned on and off for the Fireball. I tried both with a 2.2.1 kernel (I know it has bugs in the 2940 driver) and also a 2.2.2 kernel with absolutely no change. I also tried booting the Fixit floppy and the dumping/restoring through a FIFO pipe through rmt from a remote machine. It always solidly hung the machine while trying to restore the /usr partition (which is 1.7GB) but it completed successfuly all the other partitions (which are smaller). >Hmmm. Are you absolutely sure of your SCSI termination and cabling? I am 99.99999% sure that it is. >This really seems like some sort of medium error; either that or the >CD is somehow defective. Any debugging output in the 2nd screen at >the point that it hangs? Can you enable debugging in the Options Absolutely no output for me. It simply hangs and does not accept and keyboard input after that. >screen and run it again? Perhaps the debugging output will be helpful >in at least pinpointing the failure. Will try that. Also if you need the exact revision of the Fireball I can provide that. I searched ftp.quantum.com for a firmware upgrade (like for the Atlas) but did not find anything. -- Blaz Zupan, blaz@amis.net, http://www.amis.net/staff/blaz Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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