From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 22:12:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54F216A405 for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 22:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7201413C45E for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 22:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ericsbinaryworld@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so686228wxc for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:12:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pkitgZJObBzEjXlwtgjMDtOJZtenvlLG1ZrAZPNCpwdYdi/qTt1Spci0C78YwRFNo3+pOzmBC4I6TbeLAZJ8qF9SPBKuwD5/GUKsCRQuGzi/c49b6gz6Lqm/1zRIY+5WNTbivJzGV+HD8PA0l7BYfBARqWtiFTb4BCUmFcfptIA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=M/6iHX9k/KAYuya1pOEDF7DeSGvrA0bFjkt1UgyRjbuv5HU18MKeBl4t7YarhDU3di0f5pCfBngp1y6kZssL5IOOT8y8RkK6grfpa/c12tWoPkGM/c7VQtFm6JNTY41lzn1UA1td4+Y+SLvquD3nFpy8cIQKeLj61juX7gfnk7U= Received: by 10.70.17.1 with SMTP id 1mr1442032wxq.1179439943728; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.103? ( [24.126.49.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 3sm6360173wrs.2007.05.17.15.12.22; Thu, 17 May 2007 15:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <464CD345.4080507@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:12:21 -0400 From: Eric Mesa User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Slothouber References: <464B9696.806@gmail.com> <464BAEDD.9080506@hier7.com> <464CBFFA.5080406@gmail.com> <464CC453.6070909@hier7.com> In-Reply-To: <464CC453.6070909@hier7.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 22:12:24 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chris Slothouber wrote: > On 2007-05-17 16:50, Eric Mesa wrote: >> Chris Slothouber wrote: >>> On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: >>>> Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put >>>> freeBSD on it. >>> (snip) >>>> acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 >>>> 5. Then it gives me: >>> Hi Eric, Have you tried disconnecting the CD drive and doing an >>> FTP install? > >>> - Chris >> That still leaves me at mountroot> prompt and I have no idea what >> to do there. > > What are the errors presented before that? > > It sounds like it can't mount the kernel floppy image for whatever > reason. I'd have to suggest that you've try other floppy disk > drives and disks to rule out those as points of failure. > > Also think of the drive that you used to make the floppy diskettes. > Since floppies rely on an magnetic medium, with heads to record a > stream of data across the surface, certain types of alignment > issues can occur. Think of this like a cassette tape recording that > sounds fine in your stereo at home but has a horrible hissing sound > in your car. Or even the white 'noise' with rented video > cassettes, where one must adjust the 'tracking'. > > I wouldn't give up on this yet but certainly try other floppy > drives in both ends and different diskettes. You could even try > using the *same* floppy disk drive to make the floppy disks in > another computer and re-transplant it back into the target machine. > > > I hope these suggestions help! > That didn't quite work correctly. It apparently caused the CD to become the filesystem which meant I couldn't install. I couldn't figure out a way around it. - -- 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 iD8DBQFGTNNEPvU+8ApmWXIRAn85AJ0WyXG9NnI9k/3jiX4aw/XlT9gqtwCfWnG/ S9LgQzsRnukFyPYb45uU54s= =gR0R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----