From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 31 22:41:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9244437B4EC for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:41:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f116egF59075; Thu, 1 Feb 2001 06:40:42 GMT (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Miller , Allen M." , Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:41:05 -0800 Message-ID: <000401c08c19$f36dbc20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <57162A3D10EDD2119BBD0008C7F9A11D1DE422@ntserver1.netexsw.com> X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The only mention of a Netfinity I can find is PR i386/19791 which has been closed and is probably bogus (although you might try mailing the originator) A search of netfinity on dejanews in the freebsd.misc group turned up a few instances of FreeBSD running on it, one person had problems with a 18GB disk though. (he could install to 8GB but not larger than that) Once again I'd suggest mailing the originators. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Miller , Allen > M. > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 6:05 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000 > > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message