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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:38:40 -0800 (PST)
From:      cfr@pobox.com
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   i386/10626: RTC BIOS diagnostic error on install
Message-ID:  <19990316203840.8D6EC151A8@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         10626
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       RTC BIOS diagnostic error on install
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 16 12:40:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Charles F. Randall
>Release:        3.1R
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
When trying to install FreeBSD R3.1 from I get the following
message after loading the kern and mfs root floppies.

RTC BIOS diagnostic error ff<clock_battery,ROM_cksum,config_unit,
memory_size,fixed_disk,invalid_time>
changing root device to fd0c
rootfs is 2880 Kbyte compiled in MFS

At that point the installation hangs.

This machine ran 2.2.8 without problem. I just booted with an
R2.2.8 boot floopy and got the /stand/sysinstall main menu
without problem.

Suggestions?

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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