From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 16 19:33:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ghandi.nyi.net (ghandi.nyi.net [208.243.131.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A34910E8E for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:32:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from javier@ghandi.nyi.net) Received: from localhost (javier@localhost) by ghandi.nyi.net (8.9.1a/Foo) with ESMTP id WAA29244 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:29:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:29:24 -0500 (EST) From: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3.1 RELEASE and Digital Alpha Server 1200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, i'm having problems installing FreeBSD 3.1 RELEASE or any 3.x RELEASE for that matter on various digital 1200 servers. http://www.windows.digital.com/products/server/1200%5Fdescription.asp these systems installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 fine, only that the would give boot messages that did not affect performance that read as this: Feb 13 20:14:13 web2 /kernel: ahc0 rev 1 int a irq 10 on pci0:19:0 Feb 13 20:14:13 web2 /kernel: Illegal cable configuration!!. Only two connectors on the adapter may be used at a time!ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs Feb 13 20:14:13 web2 /kernel: ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle Feb 13 20:14:13 web2 /kernel: (ahc0:0:0): "SEAGATE ST39173W 5958" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 but it worked ok. now when i try to install 3.1-RELEASE it freezess when i just insert the mfsroot floppy and says system halted. any suggestion on how to fix this,or what could it be. i've called digital and they are sending a tech over to see what's wrong with these machine if anything is. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance, MMM \|/ www __^__ (o o) @ @ (O-O) /(o o)\ -ooO-(_)-Ooo---oOO-(_)-OOo---oOO--(_)--OOo---oOO==(_)==OOo Javier A. Frias System Administrator The New York Internet Company 356 7th Ave New York, N.Y. 10034 "Error #152 - Windows not found: (C)heer (P)arty (D)ance" ---------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message