Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:51:24 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_Wider=F8e_Andersen?=" <wodfer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trouble installing 6.1 on an old machine Message-ID: <23ed14b80609040651n2213debay807eed7b79fb51a1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBEEGNCAAA.bob@a1poweruser.com> References: <23ed14b80609040346j61389e65u16a83b7401e09467@mail.gmail.com> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBEEGNCAAA.bob@a1poweruser.com>
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Thanks for your help! Yeah, can't get any BIOS upgrades anymore. I doubt that I'll spend time on removing harddrives again. I may just stick to 4.11 then. It's just a testserver on my local network anyway. Best, Andreas --- On 9/4/06, Bob <bob@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > > I have same problem with my 10+ year old server boxes. > > First the boot bios scan has changed between 4.11 and 6.0. You can upgrad= e > your old PC's bios. In most cases the mfg does not support the motherboar= d > any more so chance of getting upgrade to burn the bios chip is most > un-likely. You can get 3rd party replacement bio chip from www.umicore.co= m > for around $80.00. > > Second problem is the size of the 5.2 and newer FreeBSD install kernel. I= t > has gotten bigger and will not function properly on pre-2000 equipment. > Solution is to take the hard drive from old PC and plug into newer box an= d > do install. After base system install is completed just return hard drive > to > old pc and boot from it. Will work fine from that point on. This works > fine > on my 386 cpu 33 mhz server pc manufactured in 1994 and its currently > running FreeBSD 6.1. > > Good luck. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Andreas Wider=F8= e > Andersen > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:47 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Trouble installing 6.1 on an old machine > > I just downloaded version 4.11 from the FreeBSD ftp archives, burnt a boo= t > CD and tried to reinstall the system via FTP from the archives. This > worked > perfect. No problems. > > I guess this means it's not a hardware problem, but rather some changes > made > to newer versions of FreeBSD. > > Anyone know what I can do to get 6.1 up and running on this ancient > machine? > > Cheers, > Andreas > > --- > > On 9/4/06, Andreas Wider=F8e Andersen <wodfer@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have an OLD machine (from 1996) that's been running FreeBSD for about > 8 > > years now steady and reliable. It has gone through several versions and > was > > running 4.11 untill today when I decided to make a fresh 6.1 install. > > > > When booting from the installation CD the only way I can make it skip a > > lot of harddrive errors is when I boot in safe mode. I did this and > > installed the system. However, the same problems are there when I reboo= t > > from harddrive after the install (not in safe mode). > > > > Here are a few of the error messages I get: > > > > ad0: Failure READ_DMA timed out LBA=3D0 > > ad1: Failure READ_DMA timed out LBA=3D13281487 > > ad1: Timeout READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=3D0 > > and so on... > > > > It ends with a mountroot> prompt. > > > > Any ideas what I can try? > > > > Thanks, > > Andreas > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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