Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 14:48:36 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com (John Reynolds~) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 Install trouble -- can't see SCSI CD-ROM Message-ID: <199904062048.OAA30560@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <14090.22748.13910.72739@hip186.ch.intel.com> from John Reynolds~ at "Apr 6, 1999 11:56:28 am"
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John Reynolds~ wrote... > > Hello gurus, > > Sorry for the cross-post mail but I figured that since it's probably scsi > related and it's definitely install related I was justified ;-) > > I've been running FreeBSD since 2.0.5 with no hitches on my trusty ol' > 486. I recently built up a Pentium II box and am having a bugaboo time > getting FreeBSD 3.1 to install on it. > > Symptom: > ------- > > When I boot from the 3.1 floppies it goes to sysinstall and when I get to > the "choose media" screen and pick "CD-ROM" it comes back and says that it > can't detect any CD-ROM devices (paraphrase). > > Observations: > ------------- > > I have already installed NT 4.0 on the machine (for the wife and other > "critical" software that I just can't get under FreeBSD) and it seems to find > all scsi devices just fine. I've done some crude "stress tests" by "xcopying" > an entire CD to the hard drive. It didn't miss a beat. I don't think I've got > SCSI termination problems. When the machine boots the BIOS it lists all > devices, etc. > > Machine Hardware: > ----------------- > > Asus P2B-DS motherboard, BIOS rev 1008, 128Mb RAM > Adaptec 7890 + AIC3860 Ultra2 chipset. > Toshiba XM-6401B 40x CD-ROM, scsi id 3, 50 pin, terminated > Yamaha CRW4416S CD-R/CD-RW, scsi id 4, 50 pin, non-terminated > Quantum Viking II LVD drive, scsi id 5, hdd0, LVD > Quantum Viking II LVD drive, scsi id 6, hdd1, LVD > > I don't recall the exact stepping or rev of the adaptec chipset. I have NO > IDE devices other than the floppy drive. > > Other Findings: > --------------- > > I can boot the FreeBSD 3.0 floppy and it finds the CD-ROM(s) and all disks. > I can boot from the FreeBSD 3.0 CD-ROM #2 and again all scsi stuff is found. > When I boot from the FreeBSD 3.1 floppies da0 and da1 *are* found and I have > been able to label/partition/newfs them. > > I've tried using Alt-F1 to switch over to the "debug tty" to see the rest of > the probe messages (they buzz away to quickly when the sysinstall screen > comes up and I can see them--is there a way to capture this on floppy so I > could mail it to these lists???) but really no avail. > > So, what to do? Is there some sort of mechanism I can perform during this > boot where I can get more information for somebody "in the know?" Is this > a "known problem?" If so, I couldn't find it in the TROUBLE.TXT or any other > place (tried searching the archives but nothing good was found). Any help > would GREATLY be appreciated. I REALLY want to get 3.1 on this machine. Well, there have been problems with machines with 7890s hanging on boot. Justin commited a work-around for the problem on March 22nd/23rd. It might be a good idea to try out one of the snapshots from March 24th or later here: ftp://releng3.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386 Either a -current or -stable snapshot will work, although, you'll probably want a stable snapshot. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-install" in the body of the message
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