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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:44:13 -0500
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To: "Miller , Allen M." <Allen.Miller@Netexsw.Com>
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Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000
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"Miller , Allen M." wrote:
> 
> I purchased FreeBSD 4.0 on Monday from Best Buy here in Minneapolis.  I
> am attempting to install on an IBM Netfinity model 5000 with 9G
> harddrive.  When I use the entire disk for FreeBSD, the installer gets a
> page fault and attempts to reboot ad nauseum.  When I set up a 2G slice,
> create slices, choose install everything (same results on minimum
> system), I get messages:
> 
> Blue screeen continues until "All Filessytems information written
> successfully" and hangs.
> screen 2 (alt pf2) shows more information:
> 
> Debug Generating /etc/fstab file
> acd0:READ_TOC command timeout .. resetting
> ata0:Resetting devices .. done
> acd0:read data overrun 12/0
> acd0: READ_BIG command timeout .. resetting
> ata0: reesetting devices .. done
> 
> The last two messages repeat about 5 times and hangs.
> 
> I now realize FreeBSD 4.2 is available and would like to return 4.0.
> This my be possible if you confirm to Best Buy that is what I need.
> 
> I tried the disks on an older pentium system and install was somewhat
> successful.  I didn't complete it as that is not the system I require.
> 
> Red Hat Linux installs on the Netfinity with no problems.
> 
> Allen Miller
> 763 694 4310
> al.miller@netex.com
> 
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Seems to me like you have a SCSI termination problem. For some reason
the thing keeps timing out to the drive, and resetting the SCSI bus.
I've had this happen to me before; it was just a simple termination
problem. 

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