Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:14:00 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Russell Howe <rhowe@siksai.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? Message-ID: <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> References: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060107233606.GB53165@seekingfire.com> <20060108091346.GA2801@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060110145845.GV25702@seekingfire.com> <20060110181105.GA23635@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060114155126.GQ53216@seekingfire.com> <6.2.1.2.2.20060116070710.02c64ea0@psulias.psu.edu> <20060116145719.GB29044@freebie.xs4all.nl> <l84ts1psieucesh85pmkoepqp0qnl508o2@4ax.com> <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet>
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:40:35PM +0000, Russell Howe wrote.. > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* difference > > is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do not play well > > with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye color) because > > it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs. > > I still can't get the FBSD 6.0 mini ISO to boot on my 500AU, regardless > of which drive I try (I've tried 3, 2 of them being writers, 1 of them a > modern DVD-RW/CD-RW). > > The NetBSD 3.0 installer boots just fine > > Could it be that the 6.0 bootloader is incompatible with whatever > release of the SRM firmware I have, or that the kernel is too big to > load? Unlikely, but it would be *oh so nice* if people tested the bleedin' pre-release beta bits instead of moaning about *release* CDs that do not boot. > NetBSD was burnt using the same type of media as FreeBSD was, and I > tried burning the FreeBSD installer multiple times on multiple OSes > using multiple different pieces of software. > > The message I'm getting is: > > http://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/alpha-no-workie.txt What you should get is 406 blocks for the bootstrap: >>>boot dka0 (boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0) block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block reading 406 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0 bootstrap code read in base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 32c00 initializing HWRPB at 2000 Not 170135 blocks... >>boot dka0 (boot dka0.0.0.107.0 -flags a) block 0 of dka0.0.0.107.0 is a valid boot block reading 170135 blocks from dka0.0.0.107.0 -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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