From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 8 08:23:57 2003 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 CDCC016A4BF for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:23:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz (smtp2.clear.net.nz [203.97.37.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2EAE43F93 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:23:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ghub005@xtra.co.nz) Received: from Walnut (203-167-191-144.dsl.clear.net.nz [203.167.191.144]) by smtp2.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with SMTP id <0HKW00EIAIRVFL@smtp2.clear.net.nz> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Sep 2003 03:23:56 +1200 (NZST) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 03:23:55 +1200 From: Gavin Hubbard To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal Subject: Not able to finish new 4.8 install on Compaq Alphaserver DS20 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: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 15:23:57 -0000 Hello I am new to *BSD and I'm doing a FreeBSD 4.8 installation for the first time. My target system is my Compaq Alpahserver DS20 (dual 500MHz EV6, 2GB RAM, 4x4GB RAID 0+1 and 2x9GB RAID 1 on storage works RA230 controller, CDROM + DDS3 on Symbios UW + ethernet controller, plus some misc I/O options). My installation media is a 4.8 ISO image I downloaded and burned to CD-R. The system was formerly running VMS in a development environment and is known to be fully operational. After moving the Symbios controller onto another system hose I was able to get the system to boot into the Sysinstall utility from the local CDROM drive *using the miniroot disk). I am then able to create the file-systems, nominate the distribution I require, choose an installation source, and begin the installation. I have used the auto-layout tool for the 8GB RAID 0+1 array and created a new 9GB /usr filesystem on the RAID 1 array. The problem I have is that once Sysinstall keeps stopping towards the end of the installtion with the following message: "Unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media." "This may be because the packages collection is not available on the distribution media you've chosen, most likely an FTP site without the packages collection mirrored. Please verify that you media, or your path to the media, is correct and try again." The curious thing is that this always happens at the end of the installation, regardless of the particular distribution I have chosen. If I switch to the holographic shell on ALT-F4 and run ls on /cdrom I get an empty directory listing. If I try "mount /cdrom" I get a "cd9660: /dev/cd0c: Device busy" message. This must be why it can no longer see the installation path. Once I hit "Ok" to the warning message I get a message that says "The commit operation completed with errors. Not updating /etc files." and I am returned to Sysinstall. Interestingly, if I try to simply recommit the distribution in the custom installation options menu I get the same warning. However if I reselect a distribution and then run commit, it will repeat the installation tasks but stop at exactly the same point (or a different point if I choose another distribution or choose to install ports). I have searched on google before posting here and the only reference I found suggested that it might be a good idea to check the CDROM drive in another machine or replace it with a new drive. I have tested this drive on another machine and it seems to be working fine. Thank-you in advance for your assistance in solving this problem. Regards, Gavin Hubbard