Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:37:28 +0900 From: Till Plewe <till@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: trouble installing FreeBSD 5.1 on Vaio PCG-Z505VR/K and PCG N505 Message-ID: <20030821063728.GC22338@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp>
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I run into the following problems trying to get FreeBSD5.1 onto the above
two laptops (neither of which has a built in floppy/cd)
Basic
I use a USB floppy drive.
(I only have a Panasonic KXL-808AN CDROM which is not recognized)
I used 4 sets of boot floppies ( so floppies should not be the problem)
Vaio PCG-Z505VR/K
I insert kern.flp and then mfsroot.flp, but then the kernel boots up to
umass1 and then the kernel panics.
The last lines are:
umass1: CBI reset failed, SHORT_XFER
umass1: CBI bulk-in stall clear failed, TIMEOUT
panic: Removing other than first element
Vaio PCG N505
kern.flp and then mfsroot.flp work (drivers.flp doesn't; the floppy
drive is not found any longer) kernel boots.
Trying to get to install the various distribution sets I get the
following problems:
network I tried many networks cards, some of them on the list of
supported hardware all refuse to configure the interface (ed1,wi0)
using DHCP
>From a dos partition: I get dos partition not found.
I installed netbsd (installs without a hitch),
made a dos partition (using netbsd),
put the distribution sets in a directory /freebsd,
reboot with the boot floppies
select install from a dos partition
distribution sets not found or some such message (I forgot)
Since the {Free,Net}BSD naming schemes for hard drives differ
I had some problems for FreeBSD to recognize the dos partition
(it was hiding inside the NetBSD partition)
Please cc any suggestions you might have to me.
Thanks,
Till
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