Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 09:32:29 +0800 From: gwzhao@multiwave.com.sg (Gorton Zhao Guo Wei) To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FW: Problems on installing Free BSD 2.2.6 Message-ID: <01BD9840.881924C0@GWZHAO>
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I have sent several messages to cdrom.com. Some of them are attached. They suggested me to get supports from you as this is a very unusual problem. The following is my problem on installing the FreeBSD. I tried to install Free BSD on a hard-disk without any OS and without a DOS partition. I mean that I tried to install Free BSD alone on a hard disk. I tried to install it on a hard disk with a DOS partition too. I actually did many tries for the Free BSD installation. All were not successful. I guess that the problem could be in hard-disk site because the wd2 (hard-disk parameters) was not displayed properly at system bootup time. I set hard-disk to LBA mode in BIOS. The hard disk parameters is SIZE 1282, CYLS 621, HEAD 64, LANDZ 2483, SECTOR 63 MODE LBA. I checked these hard-disk parameters from fdisk during instillation. All was correct when running fdisk, but after re-boot the computer, it is reset to a wrong parameter (CYLS 1422). It was strange to me as everything (fdisk and copy files) was okay during installation. There was no problem getting correct hard-disk parameter at fdisk, but it fails after re-boot. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Gorton Zhao R & D software manager Multiwave Innovation Pte Ltd 25 Serangoon North Ave. 5 Tel: (65) 485 6652 6th Floor Uraco Building Fax: (65) 481 2611 Singapore 554914 Web: www.multiwave.com -----Original Message----- From: Phil Jenvey [SMTP:support@cdrom.com] Sent: Saturday, June 20, 1998 6:15 AM To: Gorton Zhao Guo Wei Subject: RE: Problems on installing Free BSD 2.2.6 This is a very unusual problem. You should email questions@freebsd.org for help. This is a mailing list monitored by the developers of FreeBSD. They should be able to help you with your problems. On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Gorton Zhao Guo Wei wrote: > Thank you for your response. > > Please see my questions in yours. I would appreciate if you could give a quick response because we are waiting for the BSD up for a project. > > Regards, > Gorton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Jenvey [SMTP:support@cdrom.com] > Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 5:10 AM > To: Gorton Zhao Guo Wei > Subject: Re: Problems on installing Free BSD 2.2.6 > > On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Gorton Zhao Guo Wei wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I just bought a Free BSD CDs (4 pieces of CD-ROM). The title of those CDs is > > "Free BSD 2.2.6, A full 4.4 BSD Lite Based 32 bit Operating system' from > > Walnut Greek CDROM. > > > > My system is Pentium PC with 32MB ram + a PCI network card + PCI VGA card. > > In the same system, I have tried to install Linux, QNX, and Windows NT/98/95 > > as well successfully, but I could not install Free BSD successfully on that > > PC. I tried to install Free BSD on a new harddisk without having any > > operating system on it, and with a dos partition on the harddisk. The > > problem appears at the same. > > What do you mean you tried to install it to a new hard disk without any O/S on > it with a DOS partition? > [Gorton Zhao G W [R&D]] > Yes, I tried to install Free BSD on a hard-disk without any OS and without a DOS partition. I mean that I tried to install Free BSD alone on a hard disk. I tried to install it on a hard disk with a DOS partition too. I actually did many tries for the Fr ee BSD installation. All were not successful. > > > I followed the installation instructions to install Free BSD from a IDE > > CD-ROM drive. Everything seemed to be okay during installation, but after > > re-boot the machine, the error message 'panic: cannot mount root' came out > > and the system kept rebooting every 15 seconds. I would appreciate any help > > on this. > > What kind of hard drive is this? Was it detected correctly at boot time? Is it > set to LBA mode or something similar in the BIOS (to limit the total number of > cylinders to under 1024)? > > [Gorton Zhao G W [R&D]] > I guess that the problem could be this because the wd2 (hard-disk parameters) was not displayed properly at bootup, but I did set it to LBA mode in BIOS. The hard disk parameters is SIZE 1282, CYLS 621, HEAD 64 LANDZ 2483 SECTOR 63 MODE LBA. > > I checked these hard-disk parameters from fdisk during instillation. All was correct when running fdisk, but after re-boot the computer, it is reset to a wrong parameter (CYLS 1422). It was strange to me as everything (fdisk and copy files) was okay dur ing installation. There was no problem getting correct hard-disk parameter at that time, but it fails after re-boot. > > > > > I also found that there were no source codes at /usr/src/sys directory under > > disc #2. I think that it should be there because this disc is included all > > uncompressed files. Not sure if there are anything wrong with the CDs. > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > Gorton Zhao > > Multiwave Innovation Pte Ltd > > > > > > > > -- > Phil Jenvey > Technical Support > Walnut Creek CDROM > > -- Phil Jenvey Technical Support Walnut Creek CDROM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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