From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 25 9:13:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.pit.adelphia.net (alpha.pit.adelphia.net [24.48.44.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4716837B646; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:13:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nturki@adelphia.net) Received: from b3s8t6 (pa-indiana1b-27.pit.adelphia.net [24.50.155.27]) by alpha.pit.adelphia.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id MAA14307; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:13:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000f01bff653$a525ce60$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> From: "Nader Turki" To: Cc: , References: <006f01bff5b1$1ed2a100$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> <20000724231719.A1105@freebie.demon.nl> <008801bff5b5$a0f10920$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> <20000724233112.B1248@freebie.demon.nl> <00a901bff5b8$04ca0800$1b9b3218@pit.adelphia.net> <20000725103819.B1218@freebie.demon.nl> Subject: Re: Again init! Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:16:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for your reply. My problem was a bad SCSI Cable. Just got a new one and FreeBSD installed fine! Nader, ----- Original Message ----- From: Wilko Bulte To: Nader Turki Cc: ; Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:38 AM Subject: Re: Again init! > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 05:42:08PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote: > > Alpha is a RISC CPU. FreeBSD has in addition to the i386 port also a port > to Alpha machines. On Alpha this problem has been observed by some. I have > never heard of it on i386, but that could be me. > > What is causes is unknown, but a workaround is to remove other bootable > disks from the same system. At least that helps on Freebsd/alpha > > Wilko > > > > Sorry, the reason i said i386 'cause i'm not sure what alpha is. > > Anyway I have a Gateway ALR7200 Server PII400 and when i installed FreeBSD > > last time it was i386. > > Hope someone can help me with this problem. Anyway the 2 hard drives are > > both SCSI Ultra2 LVD. FreeBSD reads the drives and i even partitioned them. > > the only problem i get is on mounting and installing FreeBSD. > > > > Nader, > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Wilko Bulte > > To: Nader Turki > > Cc: ; > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:31 PM > > Subject: Re: Again init! > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 05:25:01PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > > > on i386 I believe. > > > > > > I believe? I assume you know whether you booted it on a PC or on an Alpha > > > machine? > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Wilko Bulte > > > > To: Nader Turki > > > > Cc: > > > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:17 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Again init! > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:52:44PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, I sent an email earlier and got disconnected while i was > > > > sending > > > > > > it. so i'm not sure if you guys got it or not. I'll copy it below: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I just installed a second HD and trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 from > > CD! > > > > > > Anyway, after partitioning i choose the the packages i want then > > install > > > > > > from CDROM .... but i get an error message freebsd never installs > > ( the > > > > > > error message is get is: > > > > > > panic: Going nowhere without my init! > > > > > > syncinng dics > > > > > > done > > > > > > and the machine reboots. > > > > > > > > > > Is this on alpha or in i386? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org > > > > > wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl > > > ---end quoted text--- > > > > > > -- > > > Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org > > > wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org > wilko@freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message