From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 30 7:43:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3DFC37B401 for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail5.triad.rr.com (fe5.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B796C43E0A for ; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:43:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joejop@triad.rr.com) Received: from 2kpro2 ([24.28.234.101]) by mail5.triad.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:43:15 -0400 Message-ID: <02d501c22044$7d9aff10$2201a8c0@2kpro2> From: "Joe Joplin" To: Subject: Install on SCSI Hard Drive newfs problem Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 10:43:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02D2_01C22022.F64F6350" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02D2_01C22022.F64F6350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am installing v4.6 onto a IBM 18GB UW SCSI Hard Drive with an Adaptec = controller. I boot from the floppies and start the standard = installation. I go through the partition utilities and choose to use the = whole disk (the disk geometry reports the correct disk size). Then I = use the default choices for the slices. When I begin the download from = the FTP site the installation of the new file system fails. I went = through the intialization screen and it appears all the hardware is = being detected correctly. When I looked at the sysinstall log messages = I see the following errors da0:ahc0:0:6:0 ABORTED COMMAND asc:47,0 DEBUG: Scanning disk da0 for root filesystem newfs: /dev/da0s1a: Device not configured I have installed FreeBSD on IDE drives several times without a problem = at this point. I am stuck. I need some help or a point in a new = direction TIA, Joe ------=_NextPart_000_02D2_01C22022.F64F6350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am installing v4.6 onto a IBM 18GB UW = SCSI Hard=20 Drive with an Adaptec controller. I boot from the floppies and = start the=20 standard installation. I go through the partition utilities = and choose=20 to use the whole disk (the disk geometry reports the correct disk=20 size). Then I use the default choices for the slices. = When I=20 begin the download from the FTP site the installation of the new = file=20 system fails. I went through the intialization screen = and it=20 appears all the hardware is being detected correctly. When I = looked=20 at the sysinstall log messages I see the following errors

da0:ahc0:0:6:0 ABORTED COMMAND=20 asc:47,0

DEBUG: Scanning disk da0 for root = filesystem

newfs: /dev/da0s1a: Device not=20 configured

I have installed FreeBSD on IDE drives = several=20 times without a problem at this point. I am stuck. I need some = help or=20 a point in a new direction

TIA,

Joe

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