Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:34:19 +0200 From: Hans Ottevanger <hansot@iae.nl> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Cc: re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Installation issues with 4.6.1 RC2 Message-ID: <3D3D777B.263B7442@iae.nl>
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Hi folks, I downloaded the 4.6.1 RC2 ISO, and did some basic installation tests on several systems. First of all, my systems still show the "READ_BIG command timeout" problem when installing from ATAPI CD-ROM. Maybe not that amazing, since all systems have A-Open (48x or 52x) CD-ROM drives. My only system where "set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1" during load time has any effect, is a dual Celeron machine (Abit BP6). When starting the installation from CD-ROM, it complains that the disc in the drive is not a FreeBSD CD or an older (pre 2.1.5) FreeBSD CD. Of course you can just ignore the message, and continue the installation, but it is still somewhat surprising.... The rest of the installation on this system went quite smoothly, though care is still needed to save the X configuration at the right location. The other two systems I tested the installation on, are a Pentium 200 MMX and an ancient Pentium 66, respectively. Both could (and still can) run 4.6 flawlessly. Both have 66 Mbytes of memory, and a Promise ATA 100 controller. I booted from floppy, and selected almost everything except X and the ports. At the end of the installation through NFS, the installer gives the message: Unable to copy /kernel into place. On VTY2 the following messages is displayed: pid 120 (cp), uid 0: exited on signal 4 (core dumped) Illegal instruction - core dumped Most commands given in the shell on VTY4 (e.g. ls, df, mount, ...) show the same error message. I have a strong feeling that this has to do with the fact that these systems have an i586 architecture, in contrast with the Celeron that has an i686 architecture. But of course it could be something completely different... Has anybody else tried the installation on an i586 based system ? Kind regards, Hans To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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