Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:04:47 -0500 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel@pelleg.org> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-BETA from USB CD-ROM Message-ID: <16357.53935.831900.900792@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20031209020653.GN42518@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <16339.48593.827068.751737@localhost.localdomain> <20031208020042.GH42518@cicely12.cicely.de> <16341.10460.797587.524727@localhost.localdomain> <20031209020653.GN42518@cicely12.cicely.de>
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Bernd Walter writes: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:43:56PM -0500, Dan Pelleg wrote: > > Bernd Walter writes: > > > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 06:54:57PM -0500, Dan Pelleg wrote: > > > > > > > > I grabbed the miniinst 5.2 ISO, and tried to install it on an IBM thinkpad > > > > X23 via an IBM USB CD-ROM (the machine has no internal floppy or CD). It > > > > boots fine, and I can proceed with the installation up to the point where > > > > it newfs-es the filesystems. Then it stops, saying "can't mount /dev/cd0 on > > > > /dist: device not configured (6)" > > > > > > > > Any ideas? Requests for more debug info? > > > > > > Sounds like the kernel doesn't know about your drive. > > > Up to that stage it's all BIOS access. > > > I don't know how good USB support from install evironment is - maybe > > > you have to start it manually or you need some quirks. > > > Boot messages about USB are welcome. > > > > > > Another option would be to do the remaining part of the installation > > > from network and think about the drive after you've installed the > > > OS - it'll make things much easier. > > > > > > > I can probably install this over the network. However I'd still like to > > document the details of this failure here. > > But your problem is not installing with this drive, it's getting it > running at all under FreeBSD. > It's an atapi drive and I think thats the problem, because I doubt that > umass atapi drives have been tested widely - all usb cd drives I had in > my fingers were scsi ones. > That's probably the case. Once I installed (over FTP), the new system wasn't able to access the drive (even though GEOM reported that it created cd0).
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