From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 27 16:47:23 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF8F8B5 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:47:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0E4311A3 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:47:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r5RGlFpU003116; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:47:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id r5RGlBjI003113; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:47:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:47:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201306271447.r5REks8P020192@fire.js.berklix.net> Message-ID: References: <201306271447.r5REks8P020192@fire.js.berklix.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:47:15 -0600 (MDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:47:23 -0000 On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Warren Block wrote: >> Yes, 1.0, from November 1993. The install CD is here: >> http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE/ >> >> emulators/qemu boots from the floppy image in the cdinstal directory, >> but reports "no cdrom found". >> >> I managed to find a Pentium 4 system with a working floppy drive, found >> a working disk, made the boot floppy, and then booted it. It boots and >> reports the same thing. Putting the CD drive on a separate IDE bus or >> as a secondary on the same bus as the hard drive makes no difference. >> Chipset too new, maybe. >> >> Any ideas short of "find an original Pentium system that still works"? > > I recall FreeBSD CDROM images have had 2 different types of boot > sequences, I think it matched evolving generations of BIOS support. > The change was some years back. Maybe qemu only supports the newer of the 2 > CD boot methods. On the P4 system, the CD would boot but hang. None of the other systems would boot from the CD, so I think you're right. Just tried a Celeron 600 system, with the same results. Whatever hardware the IDE/Adaptec floppy is expecting is not quite what it finds. The CD light does not even blink when it tries to "find the cdrom". UDMA disabled, 40-wire IDE cable, manually master/slave or different bus, none have made a difference. On the positive side, the floppy boots reliably.