From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 28 22:25:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4AE106566B for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:25:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Received: from ifdnrg29.ifdnrg.com (outbound.ifdnrg.com [193.200.98.138]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CFE58FC12 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:25:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.85] (93-97-172-73.zone5.bethere.co.uk [93.97.172.73]) (authenticated bits=0) by ifdnrg29.ifdnrg.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3SMPN97045896 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:25:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from paul@ifdnrg.com) Message-ID: <4DB9E951.8060006@ifdnrg.com> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:25:21 +0100 From: Paul Macdonald User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110303 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: serial console install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:25:26 -0000 over a test local serial install on a serial configured 8.2 cd install, my serial connection works fine, see's installer menus and everything else works fine. in DC on similar hardware ( supermicro) da0: 70092MB (143548416 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 8935C) acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 serial stops there and doesn't get to the bsd install screen. ----------- on my working local install i see the additional stages of: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0 /stand/sysinstall running as init on serial console These are the predefined terminal types available to sysinstall when running stand-alone. Please choose the closest match for your particular terminal. 1 ...................... Standard ANSI terminal. 2 ...................... VT100 or compatible terminal. 3 ...................... FreeBSD system console (color). 4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). 5 ...................... xterm terminal emulator. (yay) (the DC sees the installer over vga when they shoudn't, same ISO!!) any suggestions? thanks Paul ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07534206249 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA -------------------------