Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:58:24 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: <ROger@aeon-uk.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHMEOFCCAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <002201bfdc87$ffe47080$0200a8c0@ESMERELDA>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Roger Bacon > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 3:25 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE > > I don't know this for sure, but it sounds like your IDE controller is hating either life or FreeBSD. This seems to be a logical conclusion since you said that you had installed successfully on a different motherboard. I don't know what the situation is where you live, but around here socket 7 motherboards are, well, free. Get a different one and see if your problems go away. Josh > Hi there > I am having problems installing FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE on a home built box. > > The spec is a follows > > Tomato Board 5STX ( Intel 430TX Motherboard) > 32MB of memory > Cryix 6x68MX-PR200 CPU > Maxtor 90680D4 6.4GB Hard Drive as master on IDE0 (IDE1 disabled) > Realtek RTL8029AS based nic > Videologic Grafixstar 600 (ET6000 based) > > Starting afresh on a clean HD and installing from 2 newly made floppies I > get, in > the end, the following error > > Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s1a! > command returned status 36 > > full install details below. Any suggestions welcome. I have had > Dos, Win98, > Win2K > tri-booting off the same setup stable for about 1.5 years (NT4 before W2K > around). > Also have successfully installed FreeBSD from same floppy images > on the disk > with > different motherboard, but had to give MB back. With installed FreeBSD > 4.0-RELEASE > with current motherboard the boot would hang at somepoint with a timeout > error > writing to disk (sorry can't be more specific as had to reformat the disk > and can't > recreate until I get this sorted.) > > Am willing to try any ideas with the setup as it isn't going > anywhere till I > get > this sorted. > > Thanks for help. > > Roger Bacon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Full install steps, that I could get, had to be retyped to a w2k machine > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /boot.config: -P > Keyboard: yes > > BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 > Console: internal video/keyboard > BIOS drive A: is disk0 > BIOS drive C: is disk1 > BIOS 639kB/31744kB available memory > > FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.7 > (root@monster.cdrom.com. Mon Mar 20 21:05:31) > /kernel text=0x1d581e data=0x24c60+0x1a718 : > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > \ > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [kernel] > > using the visual configuration util I took out all except > Dev IRQ Port DRQ > ata0 14 0x1f0 > ata1 15 0x170 > fdc0 6 0x3f0 2 > > ed0 10 0x280 > > atkbd0 1 > psm0 12 > sc0 > > npx0 13 0xf0 > > after this setup get the following > > avail memory = 26640384 (26016K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc05e7000 > Preloaded mfs_root "/mfsroot" at 0xc05e7084 > md0: Preloaded image </mfsroot> 2949120 at 0xc0315b98 > md1: Malloc disk > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus on isab0 > atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at > device 7.1 on > pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq14 on atapci0 > pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2 irq 15 > chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x5000-0x500f at > device 7.3 on pci0 > ed0: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> port 0x6500-0x651f irq 11 at > device 17.0 on pci0 > ed0: address 00:00:e0:dd:3b:a7, type NE2000 (16 bit) > pci0: <Tseng Labs ET6000/ET6100 graphics accelerator> at 19.0 irq 10 > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > atkbdc0: <keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60-0x6f on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: <System console> on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200> > ad0: 6485MB <Maxtor 90680D4> [13176/16/631] at ata0-master using UDMA33 > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c > > I then selected Standard installation > Tell sysinstall/fdisk to use the entire disk with a true partition entry > Install a standard MBR > Then using sysinstall/disklabel editor use the auto defaults for all so > getting > > ad0s1a / 50MB UFS Y > ad0s1b swap 69MB SWAP > ad0s1e /var 20MB UFS Y > ad0s1f /usr 6345MB UFS Y > > Then select the minimal installation from ftp, freebsd.org with a dchp > configed interface, > running a 192.168.xxx.xxx network in-house with DCHP being > supplied by a NT > box > running winroute. > > The system then hangs saying > > Making a new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s1a > > pressing ALT F2 gives > > DEBUG: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) > DEBUG: Can't open PC-card controller /dev/card0. > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions > Listening on BPF/ed0/00:00:e8:dd:3b:a7 > Sending on BPF/ed0/00:00:e8:dd:3b:a7 > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > DHCPDISCOVER on ed0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 > DHCPOFFER from 192.168.0.1 > DHCPREQUEST on ed0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 > DHCPACK from 192.168.0.1 > /sbin/dhclient-script: /bin/hostname: not found > New IP Address(ed0): 192.168.0.6 > New Subnet Mask (ed0): 255.255.255.0 > New Broadcast Address(ed0): 192.168.0.255 > New Routers: 192.168.0.1 > bound to 192.168.0.6 -- renewal in 172800 seconds. > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions > /dev/rad0s1a: 102400 sectors in 25 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors > 50.0MB in 2 cyl groups (16 c/g, 32.00MB/g, 6272 i/g) > super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. done > > this is repeated a few times, then > > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. device disappeared! 1 ata0-master: timeout > waiting to give command=c6 s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > done > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=c5 s=80 e=00 > ad0: error executing command > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. device disappeared! 1 ata0-master: timeout > waiting to give command=c6 s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > done > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=c5 s=80 e=00 > ad0: error executing command > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. device disappeared! 1 ata0-master: timeout > waiting to give command=c6 s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > done > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=c5 s=80 e=00 > ad0: error executing command > ad0: WRITE command timeout - resetting > ata0: resetting devices .. device disappeared! 1 ata0-master: timeout > waiting to give command=c6 s=80 e=00 > ata0-master: timeout waiting to give command=ef s=80 e=00 > done > write error: 512 > newfs: wtfs: Input/Output error > > Then get > > Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s1a! > command returned status 36 > > If I then reset the computer the hard disk vanishes from BIOS auto-detect, > but if I power off then back on > it reappears. DOS fdisk detects a Non-DOS partion on the disk but > reinstalling from the floppies shows two > partitions > > Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags > 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0 > 63 13281345 13281407 ad0s1 3 freebsd 165 C> > > Disklable then shows the following > > Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs > ad0s1a <none> 50MB * > ad0s1b swap 69MB SWAP > ad0s1e <none> 20MB * > ad0s1f <none> 6345MB * > > > > > 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
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