Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 18:12:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Brendt T. Bennett" <brendtb@intele.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please help with FBSD install Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960728180816.381Q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19960712012453.23072d66@intele.net>
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On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Brendt T. Bennett wrote: > After reading the book that came with the CDs (twice), I was not > surprised when I could not load FreeBSD directly from my ATAPI 4X > Creative CDROM drive. (I also tried the _atapi.flp_ created with the > VIEW program.) I figured the best way would be to copy the files and > directories needed to my large DOS disk and install from there. Even > after the copying, I still had plenty of space on the DOS hard disk. Hm. Did you try moving the CD between the IDE channels? > I then booted with the _boot.flp_ (also created with VIEW). Things > went fine until soon after the screen that asks if you are CERTAIN you > want to load the system. I then got an error message that said: > > Failed to load the ROOT distribution. Please correct this problem and > try again. Did you put root.flp in \freebsd\floppies or in \freebsd? > After trying the same NOVICE installation method several times with the > same results (I did try reloading the source files and change some of > the directory structure on the DOS disk first) I tried the CUSTOM > installation. I ran into problems with the EXTRACT directive. Almost > all the transfers gave an error message that had: > > Write failure on transfer... Wrong geometry. 1) Blow away the FreeBSD partition. 2) make a small DOS partition on the FreeBSD disk. 3) Delete that disk in FreeBSD install and install as before. > Motherboard: Intel P54C/PCI (Plato), Neptune chip set, AMI BIOS; > Current BIOS installed: 1.00.06.1AX > CPU: Intel Pentium 90MHz > Memory: 24MB 60ns w/ parity > Video: Number Nine GXE64 Pro, 2MB VRAM > Monitor: Nokia Multigraph 447X > 1st OS: Novell DOS 7 & MS Windows 3.1 > Floppy: 1.44MB (A:), 1.2MB (B:); using motherboard controller > 1st HD: Maxtor 71626 AP; 1.6GB EIDE Jumpered as master device; > using motherboard controller attached to PCI bus. > 2nd HD: Maxtor 7546 AT; 540MB EIDE Jumpered as slave device; > using motherboard controller attached to PCI bus. > CDROM: Creative 4X IDE (model CRE-JTB?), Jumpered as slave device; > using motherboard controller attached to ISA bus. > Your CDROM is misconfigured. It should be jumpered single instead of slave. > Since I think disk geometry is the issue here, I list the following: ding. Usually is. > wdc1 not found at 0x170 This is significant. Make sure wdc1 and CD is configured right; then your CDROM should show up when using atapi.flp. Disable all the devices you don't have in -c while you're at it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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