Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 01:25:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Chandrashekar Chavan <cchavan@rocketmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to install from CD-ROM worth $49. Message-ID: <20000227012526.C327@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <20000226185911.G24331@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com on Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 06:59:11PM -0500 References: <20000226223251.3309.qmail@web1603.mail.yahoo.com> <20000226185911.G24331@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 06:59:11PM -0500, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 02:32:51PM -0800, Chandrashekar Chavan wrote: > > Trying to install on 300Mz Pentium II, with ATA/EIDE > > I just installed a new Hard drive 20.2G with 7200rpm, > > Ultra ATA-66. > > > > Not sure if this should mess up the installation. > > I have FreeBSD Version of 2.2.7 of Aug 1998. > > > > When installation is about to begin, The kernel panics > > > > on Doing newsf -b 8192 0f 1024 /mnt/dev/rwd1s1f > > I get panic message as follows, immediately > > > > panic: ufs_lock : recursive lock not exptected, pid :1 > > and the system reboots in few seconds > > > > The FreeBDS Kernel does'nt recognize all of 20.2GB but > > it detects only 8GB potion of the hard drive. > > > > NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS > > Most likely, the BIOS does not recognize all 20.2 GB and then lies to > the kernel about the disks. > Possibly, but also FreeBSD didn't have support for >8GB IDE disks until 2.2.8 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/2.2.8R/notes.html > You might consider a BIOS upgrade. Another workaround is to make a > slice (MSDOS partition) that is <=8 GB at the start of the disk to > boot from. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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