Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:09:22 -0600 From: Kai Lockwood <kailockwood@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing 8.0-current-200906 snapshot Message-ID: <4A3C36C2.4080908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7C7F081C-334B-4BE5-8D6D-7EA53D42B40E@mac.com> References: <20090619130714.GA83427@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <b5ef8d5c0906190734x716dc90eh98ce945fd7b088de@mail.gmail.com> <20090619161757.GA83945@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <7C7F081C-334B-4BE5-8D6D-7EA53D42B40E@mac.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 08:34:49AM -0600, ToyoRunner wrote:
>>> I encounter the same error message. It means that for what ever reason
>>> the kernel cannot negotiate DMA transfers with the CD drive. You can
>>> either ignore it or stop the boot loader and run the command: set
>>> hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
>>
>> thank you, I was able to install the minimal configuration.
>> However, on reboot, I can't see where my FBSD is.. So I can't boot it.
>>
>> I can see this:
>>
>> fs0:\boot> ls
>> Directory of: fs0:\boot
>
> Try "dir" instead of "ls".
>
>> fs0: is a disk
>>
>> Not sure what to do next. And why is loader.efi zero size?
>
> Typically you run loader.efi by typing
> fs0:\boot> loader <enter>
>
> FYI,
>
On my machine fs0: is the CD drive. I have what appears to be the /boot
filesystem on fs1:. However, the machine does not want to load the efi file.
fs1:\boot> dir
Directory of: fs1:\boot
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 .
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 0 ..
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 defaults
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 firmware
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 kernel
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 modules
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 8,192 zfs
06/19/09 04:23a <DIR> 57,344 GENERIC
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.efi
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 support.4th
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.rc
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.4th
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 skiload
06/12/09 06:56p r 0 device.hints
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.help
7 File(s) 0 bytes
8 Dir(s)
fs1:\boot> loader
'loader' not found
Exit status code: Invalid Parameter
fs1:\boot>
Any suggestions?
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