From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Apr 20 12:47:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from zorro.methos.net (ns2.aquik.net [216.54.55.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47A9637B99B for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:47:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmaple@methos.net) Received: (qmail 3931 invoked by uid 500); 20 Apr 2000 19:56:20 -0000 Received: from intra.acgva.net (HELO acgpdc) (216.54.63.4) by methos.net with SMTP; 20 Apr 2000 19:56:20 -0000 From: "David C. Maple" To: Subject: RE: Problem booting from floppies for alpha install Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:53:19 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have 3.8-3 that is the lates one I found on the web. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Joe Royce [mailto:joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 3:35 PM To: David C. Maple Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem booting from floppies for alpha install Soft errors are normal for a Multia ( at least for mine). Do you have the latest firmware? I couldn't get mine to boot until I upgraded to the latest firmware. -Joe On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, David C. Maple wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:22:07 -0400 > From: David C. Maple > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Problem booting from floppies for alpha install > > This relates to the installation of FreeBSD on a Multia. > > I am getting a recurring error when trying to run the install from the boot > floppies. I have tried several disks, so I know they are good. I suspect > that the floppy drive itself may be bad. The error I'm getting follows: > > *** Soft Error - Error #10 - FDC: Data overrun or underrun > > Diagnostic Name ID Device Pass Test Hard/Soft 20-APR-2020 > boot 00000020 err_iob 0 0 0 22 14:55:24 > > *** End of Error *** > > This repeats several times then asks for the mfs disk. The same error > repeats during the read of the mfs disk and then I get dumped back out at > the prompt. Am I correct that it should begin the installation there or am > I supposed to type something here to start the install? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message