Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 17:33:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Bromberger, Seth" <Seth.Bromberger@pepsico.sprint.com> Cc: "'freebsd questions mailing list'" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problems w/ install: FIPS, DOS, CDROM... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960126172842.3014E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <0026FEB8.MAI*/G=Seth/S=Bromberger/PRMD=PEPSICO/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@MHS>
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On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Bromberger, Seth wrote: > > I've been unsuccessful at getting 2.1 to install on my machine. Here's the > setup: > > IDE master: 1.0GB Seagate. 2 partitions: DOS primary on 1st half and fbsd > on 2nd half. > IDE slave: Hitachi 4x ATAPI cd-rom. > > The atapi.flp disk recognizes the cdrom: it spits out the following 2 lines > on boot: > > wcd0: Hitachi atapi (something or other) 657MB (more junk) > wcd0: medium type unknown, unlocked > > the install doesn't see the CDROM as a valid distribution medium. Did you insert the CD before starting up? See below -- you probably have to move it. > Next try: install off a DOS partition. So I mkdir c:\freebsd and put the > floppies and the bin subdirs in there. Go to install, and select DOS > partition as medium. No problems there, but when I commit changes, it goes > through and installs a bunch of the bin stuff and then kicks back, giving an > error like "gunzip: crc error". This kills the pipe to cpio or whatever was > doing the installing, and the install fails. From DOS, I checked the > integrity of the bin fines. gzip -t gives no errors. [...] > Here's the catch: I used FIPS to partition my HD. Could this be the > culprit? A problem has been isolated. Apparently FIPS does things to the partition table and such that are OK under DOS but not under FreeBSD. Updates to the MSDOSFS are underway, from what I understand. > Final try: install the bindist from 15 floppies (ugh), boot, mount the > primary DOS partition, and run sysinstall using "existing filesystem" as a > medium to try to get the manpages. Talk about messy. Mounting returns some > warning like "root fs not at cylinder 0". The fs mounts anyway. Any access > to that mounted fs results in system instability (shared libs failing, > permission denied [even as root] for commands like cp) and ultimately a > crash. Delete FreeBSD's slice using DOS's FDISK and try again. Using an existing paritition is not a good idea except when upgrading. > I'd like to accomplish one (or both!) of the following things: > > 1) get FreeBSD installed using either my CD-ROM or the DOS partition. > 2) be able to mount my DOS primary filesystem. #2 you probably won't get for a bit. #1 should work IF you move your CDROM to the SLAVE position on the PRIMARY disk controller. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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