Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 19:41:10 -0400 From: Eric Mesa <ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer Message-ID: <464B9696.806@gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put freeBSD on it. It's a dual processor P2 200 Mhz with 128 MB ram. It has a DVD-ROM and a floppy drive. I was told by the former owner, who built it, that the computer would not install the latest types of Linux installs that required booting from CD. He also told me that the BIOS cannot be updated. He's pretty knowledgeable about computers so I believe him. Here's the procedure I've been following which has been failing for two days now..... 1. Use the boot floppy to boot from A: then floppies kern1-kern3 2. After kern3 reinster boot then after hitting enter I get some text, including zf_read: fill error 3. It continues to the BSD Menu - I've tried nearly every option here from Default to ACPI to safe mode to logging mode. 4. it does the device probe - when it gets to the DVD-ROM, it prints out: acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 5. Then it gives me: Manual root filesystem specification mountroot> I am stuck here no matter what I try. This is driving me nuts! If anyone can help me with this I'd be eternally grateful. Everything I found on google either referenced burning a CD or disabling the Zip drive. Oh, I know these CDs are good media because I've used them to install freeBSD 3 times already. Also, I have a commercial BSD CD from 4.5 and one from 5.0pre and neither of them work. Thanks, - -- 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 iD8DBQFGS5aVPvU+8ApmWXIRAvuRAJ9tFF7awUMHf9u3mnV0dF53JfGLcACg0a5R cF05pKUnEacQ9aajd4k7EtQ= =GIzQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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