From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 04:29:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C13A216A4D0; Sun, 15 May 2005 04:29:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A418643D78; Sun, 15 May 2005 04:29:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9806172DD9; Sat, 14 May 2005 21:29:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E4272DD4; Sat, 14 May 2005 21:29:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 21:29:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: fbsd_user In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20050514212427.Q49081@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: 5.4 install disc1 will not find hard drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 04:29:06 -0000 On Sat, 14 May 2005, fbsd_user wrote: > I have seen this problem on the questions list since 5.0 first can out as > development version. Here 5.4 is now stable release and this problem is > still not fixed. I have been using the same pc to test installing stable > versions from miniinst.iso every version since 3.4 without any problems. > Even 5.3-miniinst.iso worked just 2 weeks ago. The 5.4 stable does not have > a miniinst.iso file so this time I used the disc1.iso to burn the install cd > from and when booting from this cd I now get no hard drive found message > from sysinstall (standard install) menu. This sure looks very strange to me > as I can put in the cd burned from the 5.3-miniinst.iso file and the system > installs just fine. Only difference is using disc1 this time. Even though > the md5 CHECKSUM matched I downloaded and reburned disc1.iso again just to > verify it was good. What hardware (motherboard, cpus, memory, etc.) are you using? > Power management and APIC have been bios disabled since version FreeBSD 3.4 > version so that is not the problem. I tried selecting safe option to boot > and still get same error 'no hard disk found". My hard drive is an western > digital 310100 on ata0 as master. When using this 5.4 install cd on other > pc/ motherboard/ hard drive combos I get same error. You can hit Scroll Lock and use the arrow keys or page up/down to look at the boot messages. Near the bottom of the output should be the disk probe -- this may have more details. If not, try booting and selecting the "verbose boot" option. > I think there is something wrong with the build process of the disc1.iso > file. The miniinst.iso must be build using a different canned script that > does not incorporated the bug that is in the disc1 build. Maybe the .ISO > builds team needs to take a look at this problem. The only difference is the files included in the mkisofs run. The exact same files are used. > And to continue on with this thought why does 5.4 NOT have a miniinst.iso > file????? That's a good question :-) I didn't realize we hadn't made one. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org