Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:22:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysintstall probing hosed on -STABLE? Message-ID: <199804080322.UAA00235@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Apr 1998 18:20:49 PDT." <19305.891998449@time.cdrom.com>
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Does the 2.2.6 installer do the same thing? I cycled through quite a few hardware combos on an Award P6 board (Gigabyte), mostly with SCSI disk, but a couple of cycles on IDE too. The probe process should normally only take a few seconds (maybe 10-15 on a '486). Wait a second - you say the disk is chugging away - is this *after* an installation, running /stand/sysinstall? If so, check the console to see if you aren't getting a ridiculous number of error messages. The 'wfd' driver in particular is a culprit here. If not, then it's possible that your disk is behaving oddly when sysinstall tries to open it to see if it's there, which would explain the chugging noises. Have you tried a different disk model? I've never worked with a Fujitsu IDE, so I'm completely unaware of any quirks they might have. > Hmmmm. This is very odd - I can't think of any reason why it would > wait, nor does it wait anywhere near that long on my 2 IDE/1 SCSI > drive spambox. > > Hmmmmm. *shug*? :-) > > Jordan > > > > > > > Hmmm. How are these IDE drives connected? > > > > In any order. I thought I had bad disks (or non-cooperating), so I tried > > every combination possible. I wasted lots o' time :(... > > > > I finally waited the 3 minutes to get an error message, but none came; it > > was fine! If I had been patient the first time, I am sure it would have > > worked too. > > > > Tried w/ 1 drive, 2 drives (MASTER/SLAVE and also 1MASTER/2MASTER). > > > > Kevin > > > > > > I am installing STABLE (SNAP 0404), and everytime sysinstall starts up on > > > > boot, it takes over 3 minutes to get through the 'Probing devices, please > > > > wait...' screen. > > > > > > > > This as been on 2 totally different machines. What the do have in common: > > > > Fujitsu IDE hard drives, Adaptec SCSI cards (removing does not change > > > > anything), and Award BIOS for PPro. Different mobos (one AT, other ATX; > > > > one Gigabyte, one ASUS). > > > > > > > > Anyone else find this behavior? Everything runs fine after it times out o > r > > > > whatever. The whole time the hard drives sound like you are doing a > > > > 'find /usr/ports' :) > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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