Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:51:27 -0700 (PDT) From: tbone <tbonemp3@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Install Probs: /dev/card0 on a desktop? Message-ID: <20001017035127.4394.qmail@web1906.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi,
I'm having problems installing FreeBSD 4.0 on a 120MHz Pentium desktop (Packard
Bell) using the FreeBSD Power Pack CD-ROM, and I no one could help me on
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. I get this error in the vty1 console (Alt+F2)
while trying to install:
DEBUG: Can't open PC-card controller /dev/card0
I see this even after I disable a PC-card controller shown in
UserConfig. I don't have a laptop, so I assume I don't have a PCMCIA bus
controller, so I have no idea why card0 would be mentioned.
A detailed description of my problem is attached below. If necessary, I can
post an additional message with all messages in vty0 and vty1. Please help!
-Ted
tbonemp3@yahoo.com
-- Detailed Description --
I'm trying to install FreeBSD on an old Packard Bell 120MHz PC with: * a Maxtor
52049H4 20GB HD, and
* a Mitsumi CR-2801TE CD-ROM/CD-R drive
I'm pretty sure these are compatible (the HD is EIDE, the CD drive is ATAPI
compatible).
I'm running into a confusing problem over and over again. Here's a detailed
description of what happens:
1) I boot El Torito (via CD-ROM) to the first
FreeBSD installation screen
2) I select the Visual Mode installation.
3) The next screen shows 8 Network-card related
conficts. I disable the network devices to
disolve the conflicts.
4) I disable the PC-card controller, since I
don't have a PCMCIA slot on my desktop.
5) I save and move onto the sysinstall menu.
6) I select Standard installation
7) In the FDISK Partition Editor, I allocate
my non-DOS disk space to FreeBSD.
8) I dedicate my disk usage as follows:
100MB for /
256MB for SWAP
(rest) for /usr
9) I choose to install All distributions
10) I choose my CDROM as the media
11) The filesystem is created successfully
12) I choose to install All system sources,
binaries, and X Windows
13) I instantly get this error on my screen:
Installation completed with some errors.
You may wish to scroll through the debugging
messages on VTY1 with the scroll-lock feature.
You can also choose "No" at the next prompt and
go back into the installation menus to try and
retry whichever operations have failed.
I toggle the scroll-lock and page through the messages on both VTY0 and VTY1
and find only the:
DEBUG: Can't open PC-card controller /dev/card0
error message. What should I be looking for? I try to boot to my hard drive,
it says "no boot loader" and I end up at a dead "boot:" prompt. Does anyone
have any idea what's going on here?
Please help. :)-
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tbonemp3@yahoo.com
ICQ: 7631386 AIM: tbone22mp3
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tbonemp3@yahoo.com
ICQ: 7631386 AIM: tbone22mp3
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