Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 08:44:20 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Wald <jmw@ptolserv.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/32830: FreeBSD 4.4 install fails on Thinkpad 750 Message-ID: <200112141644.fBEGiKJ08548@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 32830 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: FreeBSD 4.4 install fails on Thinkpad 750 >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 14 08:50:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Julian Wald >Release: FreeBSD 4.4 Release (from September 4-CD set) >Organization: >Environment: Not possible to get that far ;( >Description: problems installing on a Thinkpad 750. I created the three boot disks, and then tried booting from the first (Kernel). This stops with the following messages: Disk error 0x4 (lba=0c38) Disk error 0x4 (lba=0c38) No /boot/loader >How-To-Repeat: Make a set of install disks, and use the first to try installing. After a few seconds, the install process halts waiting for input >Fix: Some equivalent way to the Linux "floppy=thinkpad" boot parameter so the loader (?) finds the kernel >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel boot: Disk error 0x4 (lba=0c38) No /kernel >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel boot: and then sits waiting for input. The thinkpad has a strange floppy interface (for example, you need a "floppy=thinkpad" parameter to be able to boot with a Linux boot disk), which may be what is causing the problem To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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