From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 09:04:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 350B016A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:04:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.pelleg.org (gw.pelleg.org [205.201.13.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6596843D5C for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:04:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpelleg@cs.cmu.edu) Received: from lank.here (lank.wburn [192.168.3.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "gw.pelleg.org", Issuer "Dan Pelleg" (verified OK)) by gw.pelleg.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005D75A53; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:04:50 -0500 (EST) Received: by lank.here (Postfix, from userid 7675) id 9E56F348; Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:04:48 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16357.53935.831900.900792@localhost.localdomain> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 12:04:47 -0500 To: ticso@cicely.de 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> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid From: Dan Pelleg X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 11:42:50 -0800 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-BETA from USB CD-ROM X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dan Pelleg List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:04:55 -0000 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).