Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:16:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Doug Junkins <junkins@foghead.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 install problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410231523.28437R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980409141725.1786C-100000@orcas>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Doug Junkins wrote: > > Okay, I see. Try booting and put -v on the Boot: prompt, then when the > > Probing Devices .. message comes up hit ALT-F2. There's a bug I'm hunting > > that makes the wd slice probe loop a ton of times, it may be biting you > > in a different way. > > > > Thanks. That pinpointed the problem. The verbose output showed the > polling of my to ide drives then it failed with the message: > > wfd0: Sense the media type is failed Funny, that's the IDE Removables driver (ZIP, LS-120). Shouldn't impact the ATAPI CDROM driver (wcd). > I guessed that this had something to do with my ATAPI CDROM so I checked > to see if there was a disc in there. When I checked, I found that my > CDROM was dead. I disconnected the failed CDROM and was successful at > begining the install. It's installing right now so we'll see how it works > when it's complete. Okay. I've known some CDs to put up fits; usually it's internal ZIPs. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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