Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:51:17 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "CS Reddy" <creddy@qwest.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 Installation saga!! Message-ID: <018701c0d761$61da9b50$0300a8c0@oracle> References: <001f01c0d75c$ed1f2be0$0200000a@voicestream.com>
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I've had that problem countless times ..... always with proprietory =
hardware (Compaq / Dell / Digital / Fujitsu / Gateway / IBM / etc) To =
date I've never been in a position where I had to stick with the =
particular system, however my guess is that the machines are built to =
run Windows only (sorta like the dreaded winmodems / winprinters). With =
one of the Digital Venturis systems I noticed a weird dmesg complaint =
about the IDE controller.... dunno how or what is done with it but it =
refused to even look at FreeBSD (runs Win98 prefectly)
----- Original Message -----=20
From: CS Reddy=20
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 Installation saga!!
Hi all!
I have been trying to install FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 on my PC for over a =
month. No
luck so far. This is a long story. So, please bear with me.
Let's start with my hardware configuration :
- Compaq Deskpro EN Series (Intel 600 MHz, 256 MB RAM)
- Intel Pro/100+ Alert on LAN* Management Adapter - IRQ 11 - (I/O =
Port)
0x2000 - 0x203F
- ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X - IRQ 11 - (I/O Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, =
0x03B0 -
0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF
- Intel 82443BX Chipset and Pentium II Procesor to AGP Controller - =
(I/O
Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 - 0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF
- Intel 82371AB/EB (ISA, IDE Controller, USB-UHCI) - IRQ 11 - (I/O =
Port)
0x2060 - 0x206F for IDE - (I/O Port) 0x2040 - 0x205F for USB
- Keyboard - IRQ 1 - (I/O Port) 0x0060 - 0x0060, 0x0064 - 0x0064
- PS/2 Mouse - IRQ 12
- Two Hard Disks (Disk1 -Primary Master- Western Digital-20GB and
Disk2 -Primary Slave - Maxtor - 30GB)
both attached to my primary IDE Channel - IRQ 14 - (I/O Port) =
0x01F0 -
0x01F7, 0x03F6 - 0x03F6
- Memorex 48 X CD-ROM (ATAPI) - Secondary Slave - Secodary IDE Channel =
- IRQ
15 - (I/O Port) 0x0170 - 0x0177, 0x0376 - 0x0376
- Standard Floppy Controller - IRQ 6 - (I/O Port) 0x3F0 - 0x3F5, 0x3F7 =
-
0x3F7
- ESS 1868 Audio Device - IRQ 5 - (I/O Port) 0x0220 - 0x022F, 0x0388 =
-
0x038B, 0x0330 - 0x0331
- Serial Port 1 - IRQ 4 - (I/O Port) 0x03F8 - 0x03FF
- Serial Port 2 - IRQ 3 - (I/O Port) 0x02F8 - 0x02FF
- 1 Parallel Port - IRQ 7 - (I/O Port) 0x0378 - 0x037F, 0x0778 - =
0x077D
- CMOS - IRQ 8 - (I/O Port) 0x0070 - 0x0071
- Numeric Data Processor - IRQ 13 - (I/O Port) 0x00F0 - 0x00FF
- U.S. Robotics Fax PCI Win Modem - IRQ 11 - 0x2070 - 0x2077
As far as I can see, I don't think I have any unsupported hardware =
except
for my WinModem, which I don't use any way. I have DSL connection.
Now, Software Inventory on my PC:
- DISK 1 has WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS 2000 and RedHat Linux 7.1 and this =
disk is
completely full
- DISK 2 is brand new and has nothing on it. I want to install FreeBSD =
here,
on this disk.
Now, my installation process (If this is not legible on your screen, =
please
take a look into the TEXT ATTACHMENT, FreeBSD_saga.txt):
1)Start the Install Process from my CD-ROM.
2)Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual mode.
3)I get 7 Hardware Conflicts. This is what I see after expanding all =
nodes:
---Active-Drivers------------------------------------7
Conflicts-------Dev---IRQ--Port--
Storage:
AdvanSys SCSI narrow controller
adv0
Adaptec 154x SCSI controller
aha0
Adaptec 152x SCSI controller
aic0
ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller
ata0 14 0x1f0
ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller
ata1 15 0x170
Buslogic SCSI controller
bt0
Floppy disk controller
fdc0 6 0x3f0
Network:
IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based Ethernet adapters CONF =
cs0
0x300
NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapt CONF ed0 10
0x280
Fujitsu MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet adapters CONF fe0
0x300
AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210 Ether CONF ie0 =
10
0x300
DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet adapters CONF =
le0
5 0x300
Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt CONF =
lnc0
10 0x280
SMC/Megahertz Ethernet adapters =
CONF
sn0 10 0x300
Communications:
Parallel Port chipset
ppc0 7
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio0 4 0x3f8
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio1 3 0x2f8
Input:
Keyboard
atkbd0 1
PS/2 Mouse
psm0 12
Syscons console driver
sc0
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
PC-card controller
CONF pcic0 10 0x3e0
Math coprocessor
npx0 13 0xf0
=
---Inactive-Drivers--------------------------------------------------Dev-=
---
--------------------
Storage:
Network:
Communications:
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio2
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio3
Input:
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
PC-card controller
pcic1
=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[Enter] Expand device list [X] Expand all lists
[TAB] Switch fields [Q] Save and Exit [ ? ] Help
4)I tried several possible combintions to resolve the conflicts, =
starting
from removing only the hardware that is causing conflicts and does not =
exist
on my PC to just bare bones configuration. One such example is shown =
below:
=
---Active-Drivers-----------------------------------------------------Dev=
---
IRQ--Port--
Storage:
ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller
ata0 14 0x1f0
Floppy disk controller
fdc0 6 0x3f0
Network:
Communications:
Parallel Port chipset
ppc0 7
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio0 4 0x3f8
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio1 3 0x2f8
Input:
Keyboard
atkbd0 1
PS/2 Mouse
psm0 12
Syscons console driver
sc0
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
Math coprocessor
npx0 13 0xf0
=
---Inactive-Drivers--------------------------------------------------Dev-=
---
--------------------
Storage:
AdvanSys SCSI narrow controller
adv0
Adaptec 154x SCSI controller
aha0
Adaptec 152x SCSI controller
aic0
ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller
ata1 15 0x170
Buslogic SCSI controller
bt0
Network:
IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based Ethernet adapters
cs0 0x300
NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapt ed0 =
10
0x280
Fujitsu MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet adapters =
fe0
0x300
AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210 Ether =
ie0
10 0x300
DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet adapters
le0 5 0x300
Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt
lnc0 10 0x280
SMC/Megahertz Ethernet adapters
sn0 10 0x300
Communications:
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio2
8250/16450/16550 Serial port
sio3
Input:
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
PC-card controller
pcic0 10 0x3e0
PC-card controller
pcic1
=
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[Enter] Expand device list [X] Expand all lists
[TAB] Switch fields [Q] Save and Exit [ ? ] Help
5) I hit Q and then the probe starts. I see messages scrolling by for =
about
15 seconds and then I
see I big blue screen (of death!) and it says:
"Probing Devices.... (This may take a while)"
and the process comes to a grinding halt. I waited several times for =
more
than 30 minutes
and then I had to do a hard boot.
I have no fancy devices attached to my PC except for those that I =
already
mentioned above.
No matter what combinations I tried, I always got the blue screen.
Unfortunately, my CD-ROM is not attached to the Secondary Master but =
rather
to Secondary Slave. There is no device at Secondary Master. So, I =
removed
the CD-ROM from PC and I made two install floppy diskettes and tried =
the
install process and I get same exact blue screen!
Does some one know what's wrong with my computer? Please let me know =
if you
need any extra information.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've had that problem countless times =
..... always=20
with proprietory hardware (Compaq / Dell / Digital / Fujitsu / Gateway / =
IBM /=20
etc) To date I've never been in a position where I had to stick with the =
particular system, however my guess is that the machines are built to =
run=20
Windows only (sorta like the dreaded winmodems / winprinters). With one =
of the=20
Digital Venturis systems I noticed a weird dmesg complaint about =
the IDE=20
controller.... dunno how or what is done with it but it refused to even =
look at=20
FreeBSD (runs Win98 prefectly)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dcreddy@qwest.net href=3D"mailto:creddy@qwest.net">CS =
Reddy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
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href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O=
RG</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 08, 2001 =
11:19=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 =
Installation=20
saga!!</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>Hi all!<BR>I have been trying =
to install=20
FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 on my PC for over a month. No<BR>luck so far. This =
is a=20
long story. So, please bear with me.<BR>Let's start with my hardware=20
configuration :<BR>- Compaq Deskpro EN Series (Intel 600 MHz, 256 MB =
RAM)<BR>-=20
Intel Pro/100+ Alert on LAN* Management Adapter - IRQ 11 - (I/O=20
Port)<BR>0x2000 - 0x203F<BR>- ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X - IRQ =
11 -=20
(I/O Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 -<BR>0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF<BR>- =
Intel=20
82443BX Chipset and Pentium II Procesor to AGP Controller - =
(I/O<BR>Port)=20
0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 - 0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF<BR>- Intel =
82371AB/EB (ISA,=20
IDE Controller, USB-UHCI) - IRQ 11 - (I/O Port)<BR>0x2060 - 0x206F for =
IDE -=20
(I/O Port) 0x2040 - 0x205F for USB<BR>- Keyboard - IRQ 1 - (I/O Port) =
0x0060 -=20
0x0060, 0x0064 - 0x0064<BR>- PS/2 Mouse - IRQ 12<BR>- Two Hard Disks =
(Disk1=20
-Primary Master- Western Digital-20GB=20
=
and<BR> =
&=
nbsp; =20
Disk2 -Primary Slave - Maxtor - 30GB)<BR> both =
attached to=20
my primary IDE Channel - IRQ 14 - (I/O Port) 0x01F0 -<BR>0x01F7, =
0x03F6 -=20
0x03F6<BR>- Memorex 48 X CD-ROM (ATAPI) - Secondary Slave - Secodary =
IDE=20
Channel - IRQ<BR>15 - (I/O Port) 0x0170 - 0x0177, 0x0376 - =
0x0376<BR>-=20
Standard Floppy Controller - IRQ 6 - (I/O Port) 0x3F0 - 0x3F5, 0x3F7=20
-<BR>0x3F7<BR>- ESS 1868 Audio Device - IRQ 5 - (I/O Port) 0x0220 -=20
0x022F, 0x0388 -<BR>0x038B, 0x0330 - 0x0331<BR>- Serial Port 1 - =
IRQ 4 -=20
(I/O Port) 0x03F8 - 0x03FF<BR>- Serial Port 2 - IRQ 3 - (I/O Port) =
0x02F8 -=20
0x02FF<BR>- 1 Parallel Port - IRQ 7 - (I/O Port) 0x0378 - 0x037F, =
0x0778 -=20
0x077D<BR>- CMOS - IRQ 8 - (I/O Port) 0x0070 - 0x0071<BR>- Numeric =
Data=20
Processor - IRQ 13 - (I/O Port) 0x00F0 - 0x00FF<BR>- U.S. Robotics Fax =
PCI Win=20
Modem - IRQ 11 - 0x2070 - 0x2077<BR><BR>As far as I can see, I don't =
think I=20
have any unsupported hardware except<BR>for my WinModem, which I don't =
use any=20
way. I have DSL connection.<BR><BR>Now, Software Inventory on my =
PC:<BR>- DISK=20
1 has WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS 2000 and RedHat Linux 7.1 and this disk=20
is<BR>completely full<BR>- DISK 2 is brand new and has nothing on it. =
I want=20
to install FreeBSD here,<BR>on this disk.<BR><BR>Now, my installation =
process=20
(If this is not legible on your screen, please<BR>take a look into the =
TEXT=20
ATTACHMENT, FreeBSD_saga.txt):<BR><BR>1)Start the Install Process from =
my=20
CD-ROM.<BR>2)Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual =
mode.<BR>3)I get=20
7 Hardware Conflicts. This is what I see after expanding all=20
=
nodes:<BR><BR>---Active-Drivers------------------------------------7<BR>C=
onflicts-------Dev---IRQ--Port--<BR>Storage:<BR> AdvanSys=20
SCSI narrow controller<BR>adv0<BR> Adaptec 154x SCSI=20
controller<BR>aha0<BR> Adaptec 152x SCSI=20
controller<BR>aic0<BR> ATA/ATAPI compatible disk=20
controller<BR>ata0 =20
14 0x1f0<BR> ATA/ATAPI compatible =
disk=20
controller<BR>ata1 =20
15 0x170<BR> Buslogic SCSI=20
controller<BR>bt0<BR> Floppy disk=20
controller<BR>fdc0 =20
6 0x3f0<BR>Network:<BR> IBM =
EtherJet,=20
CS89x0-based Ethernet=20
=
adapters  =
; =20
CONF =
cs0<BR>0x300<BR> NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx=20
Ethernet adapt CONF =20
ed0 10<BR>0x280<BR> Fujitsu=20
MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet=20
adapters =20
CONF fe0<BR>0x300<BR> AT&T Starlan 10 and=20
EN100,3C507,NI5210 =
Ether =20
CONF ie0 =20
10<BR>0x300<BR> DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet=20
=
adapters  =
; =
=20
CONF =
le0<BR>5 =20
0x300<BR> Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet=20
=
adapt &n=
bsp; =20
CONF lnc0<BR>10 =20
0x280<BR> SMC/Megahertz Ethernet=20
=
adapters  =
; =
&=
nbsp;=20
CONF<BR>sn0 =
10 =20
0x300<BR>Communications:<BR> Parallel Port=20
chipset<BR>ppc0 7<BR> 8250/16450/16550 =
Serial=20
port<BR>sio0 =20
4 0x3f8<BR> 8250/16450/16550 =
Serial=20
port<BR>sio1 =20
3 =20
0x2f8<BR>Input:<BR> Keyboard<BR>atkbd0 =
1<BR> PS/2=20
Mouse<BR>psm0 12<BR> Syscons console=20
driver<BR>sc0<BR>Multimedia:<BR>Miscellaneous:<BR> PC-card=20
controller<BR>CONF pcic0 =20
10 0x3e0<BR> Math=20
coprocessor<BR>npx0 13 =
=
0xf0<BR>---Inactive-Drivers----------------------------------------------=
----Dev----<BR>--------------------<BR>Storage:<BR>Network:<BR>Communicat=
ions:<BR> 8250/16450/16550=20
Serial port<BR>sio2<BR> 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20
=
port<BR>sio3<BR>Input:<BR>  =
; =20
Multimedia:<BR>Miscellaneous:<BR> PC-card=20
=
controller<BR>pcic1<BR>--------------------------------------------------=
--------------------------<BR>----------------------<BR><BR>-------------=
--------------------------------------------------------<BR>[Enter]=20
Expand device list [X] Expand all =
lists<BR>[TAB]=20
Switch=20
=
fields &=
nbsp;=20
[Q] Save and Exit [ ? ]=20
Help<BR><BR>4)I tried several possible combintions to resolve the =
conflicts,=20
starting<BR>from removing only the hardware that is causing conflicts =
and does=20
not exist<BR>on my PC to just bare bones configuration. One such =
example is=20
shown=20
=
below:<BR><BR>---Active-Drivers------------------------------------------=
-----------Dev---<BR>IRQ--Port--<BR>Storage:<BR> ATA/ATAPI=20
compatible disk controller<BR>ata0 =20
14 0x1f0<BR> Floppy disk=20
controller<BR>fdc0 =20
6 =20
0x3f0<BR>Network:<BR>Communications:<BR> Parallel Port=20
chipset<BR>ppc0 7<BR> 8250/16450/16550 =
Serial=20
port<BR>sio0 =20
4 0x3f8<BR> 8250/16450/16550 =
Serial=20
port<BR>sio1 =20
3 =20
0x2f8<BR>Input:<BR> Keyboard<BR>atkbd0 =
1<BR> PS/2=20
Mouse<BR>psm0 12<BR> Syscons console=20
driver<BR>sc0<BR>Multimedia:<BR>Miscellaneous:<BR> Math=20
coprocessor<BR>npx0 13 =
=
0xf0<BR>---Inactive-Drivers----------------------------------------------=
----Dev----<BR>--------------------<BR>Storage:<BR> AdvanSys=20
SCSI narrow controller<BR>adv0<BR> Adaptec 154x SCSI=20
controller<BR>aha0<BR> Adaptec 152x SCSI=20
controller<BR>aic0<BR> ATA/ATAPI compatible disk=20
controller<BR>ata1 =20
15 0x170<BR> Buslogic SCSI=20
controller<BR>bt0<BR><BR>Network:<BR> IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based =
Ethernet=20
=
adapters<BR>cs0 &nbs=
p; =20
0x300<BR> NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet=20
=
adapt &n=
bsp; =20
ed0 10<BR>0x280<BR> Fujitsu=20
MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet=20
=
adapters  =
; =
=20
fe0<BR>0x300<BR> AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210=20
=
Ether &n=
bsp; &nb=
sp;=20
ie0<BR>10 0x300<BR> DEC =
Etherworks 2=20
and 3 Ethernet adapters<BR>le0 =20
5 0x300<BR> Isolan, =
Novell=20
NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt<BR>lnc0 =20
10 0x280<BR> SMC/Megahertz Ethernet =
adapters<BR>sn0 =
10 =20
0x300<BR><BR>Communications:<BR> 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20
port<BR>sio2<BR> 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20
=
port<BR>sio3<BR>Input:<BR>  =
; =20
Multimedia:<BR>Miscellaneous:<BR> PC-card=20
controller<BR>pcic0 10 =
0x3e0<BR> PC-card=20
=
controller<BR>pcic1<BR>--------------------------------------------------=
--------------------------<BR>----------------------<BR><BR>-------------=
--------------------------------------------------------<BR>[Enter]=20
Expand device list [X] Expand all =
lists<BR>[TAB]=20
Switch=20
=
fields &=
nbsp;=20
[Q] Save and Exit [ ? ]=20
Help<BR><BR>5) I hit Q and then the probe starts. I see messages =
scrolling by=20
for about<BR>15 seconds and then I<BR>see I big blue screen (of =
death!) and it=20
says:<BR><BR>"Probing Devices.... (This may take a while)"<BR><BR>and =
the=20
process comes to a grinding halt. I waited several times for =
more<BR>than 30=20
minutes<BR>and then I had to do a hard boot.<BR><BR>I have no fancy =
devices=20
attached to my PC except for those that I already<BR>mentioned=20
above.<BR><BR>No matter what combinations I tried, I always got the =
blue=20
screen.<BR><BR>Unfortunately, my CD-ROM is not attached to the =
Secondary=20
Master but rather<BR>to Secondary Slave. There is no device at =
Secondary=20
Master. So, I removed<BR>the CD-ROM from PC and I made two =
install =20
floppy diskettes and tried the<BR>install process and I get same exact =
blue=20
screen!<BR><BR>Does some one know what's wrong with my computer? =
Please let me=20
know if you<BR>need any extra information.<BR>Any help will be highly=20
appreciated.<BR><BR>Thanks in =
advance!</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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