Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 13:09:41 -0600 From: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: micke@dynas.se Subject: Re: FreeBSD Sony CD-ROM driver buggy Message-ID: <199508091909.NAA24064@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199508091830.MAA25456@trout.sri.MT.net> References: <199508091830.MAA25456@trout.sri.MT.net>
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Nate Williams writes: > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD onto a 486/66 box using the 2.0.5 CD. > Thanks to to the 'emergency holographic shell' on vty4, I was able to > track down the problem to corruption of data coming off the CD. I'm able > to partition and lable the disk successfully, but when 'sysinstall' attempts > to unpack '/cdrom/floppies/root.flp' it dies with an error. > > Thanks to the 'emergency holographic shell' on vty4, I am able to > determine that the data coming from the CD is bogus, though the lack of > tools at this point makes it extremely difficult to determine how far > into the file the corruption occurs. More information. I substituted the Live FS CD for the intall CD to see if I could use the binaries on it to help track down the problem. However, I get 'Memory Fault' or 'Bus Error' whenever I attempt to run any of the binaries, so I think it must be a driver bug of some sort. Also, none of the directories below /cdrom/usr even show up, so there is yet another problem. The CD is a Sony CDU-33A 'Sun Moon Star' I picked up at WalMart. (Hey, this is Montana, WalMart is the *only* store who carries CD-ROMs in stock). I had to configure the kernel to look at port 0x340 instead of the default at 0x230. My CD can't even go there, so I jumpered up much higher. I'm going to try re-jumpering it higher again, but I'm don't feel that it will help. Nate
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