Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:12:21 -0400 From: Eric Mesa <ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com> To: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer Message-ID: <464CD345.4080507@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <464CC453.6070909@hier7.com> References: <464B9696.806@gmail.com> <464BAEDD.9080506@hier7.com> <464CBFFA.5080406@gmail.com> <464CC453.6070909@hier7.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Slothouber wrote: > On 2007-05-17 16:50, Eric Mesa wrote: >> Chris Slothouber wrote: >>> On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: >>>> Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put >>>> freeBSD on it. >>> (snip) >>>> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 >>>> 5. Then it gives me: >>> Hi Eric, Have you tried disconnecting the CD drive and doing an >>> FTP install? > >>> - Chris >> That still leaves me at mountroot> prompt and I have no idea what >> to do there. > > What are the errors presented before that? > > It sounds like it can't mount the kernel floppy image for whatever > reason. I'd have to suggest that you've try other floppy disk > drives and disks to rule out those as points of failure. > > Also think of the drive that you used to make the floppy diskettes. > Since floppies rely on an magnetic medium, with heads to record a > stream of data across the surface, certain types of alignment > issues can occur. Think of this like a cassette tape recording that > sounds fine in your stereo at home but has a horrible hissing sound > in your car. Or even the white 'noise' with rented video > cassettes, where one must adjust the 'tracking'. > > I wouldn't give up on this yet but certainly try other floppy > drives in both ends and different diskettes. You could even try > using the *same* floppy disk drive to make the floppy disks in > another computer and re-transplant it back into the target machine. > > > I hope these suggestions help! > That didn't quite work correctly. It apparently caused the CD to become the filesystem which meant I couldn't install. I couldn't figure out a way around it. - -- Eric Mesa ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address should have a GPG signature. If you have the proper setup you can use this to confirm my identity and that the email was not changed in transit. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGTNNEPvU+8ApmWXIRAn85AJ0WyXG9NnI9k/3jiX4aw/XlT9gqtwCfWnG/ S9LgQzsRnukFyPYb45uU54s= =gR0R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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