From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Nov 22 5:46:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.16.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76F2537B4D7 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:46:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 1upmc-msx1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:45:49 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'Bernd Walter' , "Person, Roderick" Cc: 'Alpha FreeBSD' Subject: RE: Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:45:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0548A.85FD4744" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0548A.85FD4744 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" When the mfsroot disk was reading the error was UNKNOWN ERROR When I tried ufs:/devfd0 at the prompt the error code was 22. Roderick P. Person Programmer II Crystal Administrator (412)454-2616 personrp@ccbh.com How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty six different kinds of cheese? - Charles de Gaulle > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernd Walter [mailto:ticso@cicely8.cicely.de] > Sent: November 22, 2000 8:41 AM > To: Person, Roderick > Cc: 'Alpha FreeBSD' > Subject: Re: Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33 > > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote: > > I been at this for some thime now (about 2 weeks) after get > everything I > > needed to boot this sucker up I am at this point. > > > > When I place the mfsroot disk in it seem to read it fine > for a minute or so, > > then I get unknown error, then it seem to continue to boot > and detect all > > the hardware, but I get the message to to manually type in > the boot device > > and filesystem. > > > > I tried to use this: > > ufs:/dev/fd0 > > > > for the mfsroot disk but it tells me that there is no > /sysinstall on it. > > > > So I tried to recreate the mfsroot disk? And it seems to > not work at all. I > > tried it by using the steps in the readme(in the floppies > dir) on the 4.1 > > CD. I get lots of error(yes I tried to format 7 different > disks). I then > > tried to use rawrite in DOS and no luck the image would not take. > > > > Now since the kernal image took fine this leads me to ask > is the a problem > > with the 4.1 mfsroot.flp image or I'm I really missing > something!!!??? > > I'm running 4.1 on such a system and installed it using disks. > From the message there is something wrong with your image or disk. > It would help if you be more specific about the error you've got. > > -- > B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0548A.85FD4744 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33

When the mfsroot disk was reading the error was UNKNOWN ERROR

When I tried ufs:/devfd0 at the prompt the error code was 22.

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
Crystal Administrator
(412)454-2616
personrp@ccbh.com




How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty six different kinds of cheese?
- Charles de Gaulle

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernd Walter [mailto:ticso@cicely8.cicely.de]
> Sent: November 22, 2000 8:41 AM
> To: Person, Roderick
> Cc: 'Alpha FreeBSD'
> Subject: Re: Installing 4.1 on Noname AXPpci 33
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 08:26:15AM -0500, Person, Roderick wrote:
> > I been at this for some thime now (about 2 weeks) after get
> everything I
> > needed to boot this sucker up I am at this point.
> >
> > When I place the mfsroot disk in it seem to read it fine
> for a minute or so,
> > then I get unknown error, then it seem to continue to boot
> and detect all
> > the hardware, but I get the message to to manually type in
> the boot device
> > and filesystem.
> >
> > I tried to use this:
> >             ufs:/dev/fd0
> >
> > for the mfsroot disk but it tells me that there is no
> /sysinstall on it.
> >
> > So I tried to recreate the mfsroot disk? And it seems to
> not work at all. I
> > tried it by using the steps in the readme(in the floppies
> dir) on the 4.1
> > CD. I get lots of error(yes I tried to format 7 different
> disks). I then
> > tried to use rawrite in DOS and no luck the image would not take.
> >
> > Now since the kernal image took fine this leads me to ask
> is the a problem
> > with the 4.1 mfsroot.flp image or I'm I really missing
> something!!!???
>
> I'm running 4.1 on such a system and installed it using disks.
> From the message there is something wrong with your image or disk.
> It would help if you be more specific about the error you've got.
>
> --
> B.Walter              COSMO-Project        
http://www.cosmo-project.de
ticso@cicely.de         Usergroup           info@cosmo-project.de

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