Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 12:08:37 -0500 From: rush2@fast.net (Rush Tew) To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: panic: vm_bounce_alloc during initial installation (writing disk info) Message-ID: <m0tEJPZ-0003O4C@fast.net>
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>So, because of our recent unreliability of email, and the fact that this mail
>may not even be read until someone has some "spare time", I would appreciate
>at least a simple "ack" that a FreeBSD org. person has seen this email...
>
>Thank you!
>Gary Corcoran
>gtc@aloft.att.com
>
I have experienced many installation problems now. I successfully
installed a 2.0.5 snap distribution several months ago.. but when 2.0.5
release came out I attempted to install over it.. and i have had no luck
with any snap (i have tired every one) since. most of the errors i got
before (not being able to access root.flp, not installing anything but the
boot manager) have been resolved. .. but my current problem when I install i
get no errors.. but after installation upon rebooting my screen goes into 80
column mode, i get an error "Rom basic system not found".. with an error
beep and .. that is it. i have a 486 slc 33 with a mathcoprocessor, my drive
1 is a seagate 120mb hard drive.. and my drive 2 is a maxtor 540 (i am
attempting to install freebsd on the 540).. i configure it with with first
300mb partition labled as /, next is a 69mb swap, the rest of the space on
the 540 is /usr. I have attempted differnt things.. thinking perhaps i
needed to set a partion bootabale.. which gives me no luck.. i've had
trouble installing linux as well so I am curious as to if i have some odd
piece of equipoment.. in my system i have a sound blaster 16, a usr
sportster 28.8 with the v.34 upgrade chip, an addexd (and total) 64k cache
.. and 16mb ram (max) configured as 4 4mb30 pin simms.. I honestly cannot
find out what it is. i run dos/windows, unfortunately on my drive 1. after
an install attempt i have to boot a dos system floppy, use fdisk to reset
the dos partiton active and to clear up the master boot record.... does
anyone have any possible suggestions as to my problem? thank you.
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