Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 14:04:00 +1100 (EST) From: Richard Lyon <rlyon@oznet07.ozemail.com.au> To: Scott Nichol <snichol@netreach.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation hangs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970310140027.489A-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> In-Reply-To: <33224913.4BDA@netreach.net>
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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Scott Nichol wrote: > I'll note here that the Adaptec controller is *very* > old; the BIOS is 1.01 and the board does *not* support Fast SCSI. > FBSD works ok with 1542 controllers and old bios. > The kernel loads successfully for both CD-ROM and floppy install; all > hardware appears to be detected correctly. I choose the Novice install, > Entire disk (I've tried both "true partition geometry" and not), > BootMgr, Auto defaults and CD-ROM. After confirming that I wish to > proceed, the install program says "Writing partition information to > drive sd0". At this point, my drive activity LED lights and stays on. > Soon thereafter, I get the message "sysinstall: write: Input/output > error" Check the drive geometry. You can see this during bootup. There is a chance that the Adaptec jumpers may not be setup correctly. Generally the default settings are OK for older machines. Regards Richard ....
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