Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:59:11 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Chandrashekar Chavan <cchavan@rocketmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to install from CD-ROM worth $49. Message-ID: <20000226185911.G24331@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000226223251.3309.qmail@web1603.mail.yahoo.com>; from cchavan@rocketmail.com on Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 02:32:51PM -0800 References: <20000226223251.3309.qmail@web1603.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 02:32:51PM -0800, Chandrashekar Chavan wrote: > Trying to install on 300Mz Pentium II, with ATA/EIDE > I just installed a new Hard drive 20.2G with 7200rpm, > Ultra ATA-66. > > Not sure if this should mess up the installation. > I have FreeBSD Version of 2.2.7 of Aug 1998. > > When installation is about to begin, The kernel panics > > on Doing newsf -b 8192 0f 1024 /mnt/dev/rwd1s1f > I get panic message as follows, immediately > > panic: ufs_lock : recursive lock not exptected, pid :1 > and the system reboots in few seconds > > The FreeBDS Kernel does'nt recognize all of 20.2GB but > it detects only 8GB potion of the hard drive. > > NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS Most likely, the BIOS does not recognize all 20.2 GB and then lies to the kernel about the disks. You might consider a BIOS upgrade. Another workaround is to make a slice (MSDOS partition) that is <=8 GB at the start of the disk to boot from. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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