Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:11:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gert Nielsen <gert@bizarre.mira.dk> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NEC 222 & FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117220950.6065X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD22F8.18167280@hookturn>
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On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Gert Nielsen wrote: > I'm a new comer to the world af FreeBSD, and I'm stil not to confident > when I'm to install a FreeBSD. BTW, 2.2.1 is old; I'd suggest finding a copy of 2.2.5 to install. > But until a few hours ago I have never had any real trouble installing > FreeBSD, but when I began to install FreeBSD on the actual server it is > to run on, there was a problem i can't figure out. > > I'm using a NEC 222 (scsi id 5, 4x speed) 3.0i, ASUS P/I-P55T2P4, Intel > 150MHz CPU, Adaptec 1542CF, Seagate Medalist 1080MB (scsi id 0), Quantum > Grand prix 4GB (scsi id1), Matrox Mill. 2MB, 3CCOM 590 NIC, Soundblaster > 16 PNP, 32 MB RAM (EDO) and FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE Equipment checks out, the SB 16 might take some massaging but otherwise a pretty standard installation. > After FreeBSD has waited for "scsi bus reseting" it detects the Seagate, > then the Quantum, then it detects the cdrom drive. The 2 linies look > like this: > > (aha0:5:): "NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:222 3.0i" type 5 removeble SCSI 2 > cd0(aha0:5:0:): CD-ROM Can't get the size Put the CDROM in the drive, *then* boot. 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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