Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:23:18 +0000 From: "James A. Abercromby II" <j.abercromby@nettuno.it> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 4.0 Problems Message-ID: <38F21C15.A81A2EA@nettuno.it>
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I recently posted to the group w/probs 4.0 and figured the CD was hosed, so I made a new install cd and kern.flp / mfsroot.flp floppies at work, w/fdimage and my cdburner. Note: I can install 3.4 on this box with no problems. Hardware setup. 1 1.2gig Samsung HD 1 17gig Maxtor UDMA 1- Via chipset based FIC PA-2011/2012 (gotta look can't remember which) with a AMD 233mhz 64meg EDO RAM SIMM 1-3DFX Voodoo 3 PCI 1-Soundblaster 16 ISA 1-ASUS 50X ATAPI/IDE CDROM 1-Case Fan (Working fine) 1-CPU Fan Working Fine INSTALL GOES LIKE THIS. Setup the slices then label the partitions then select all for everything including all the crypto a couple of times during distro/pack/port extractions it would just time out/lock up reboot (no other choice) fsck hell begins then numerous instances where I tried to install I would get to the part where it would come up to the part asking me if I would like to install linux compatability select "YES" read the package successfully then when it waits for package add it times out and KABOOM kernel panic / give up REBOOT- every time no matter what Then I tried this: install but don't select "YES" for installing linux compatability. It worked. However, Now X has all kinds of library problems. as well as the shell LDCONFIG and the libraries just seemed wacked out X don't work right. And the box seems generally UNSTABLE as hell. So, I gave up on this box. Went to my other machine which has 1-AMD ATHLON 550MHZ 1-ASUS K7M ATHLON MB 128M-PC100 ECC DIMM SBLIVE G400 MAX 32MEG AGP 1-QUANTUM FIREBALL 20GIG UDMA 1-FLOPPY 1-MITSUMI 48X CDROM FBSD 4.0 INSTALLED FLAWLESSLY W/IN 30MINS. Everything, X, Linux Compat, Setup my dialup networking etc. etc. So.... Now... I am really freaked out.. I went back to the old box dicked around with the drive layout on the bios. Tried every and any slice/partition setup Tried each drive by itself. Still having the same results. I have a gut feeling it's hardware somewhere, but it's very elusive at this point. Now, this old FIC MB doesn't support udma, and the drives don't have udma cables on em. Vid card-don't think so? Someone said maybe cooling, but both fans are running good and 3.4 installs flawlessly. I am losing my mind over this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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