Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:48:03 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0R-alpha ISOs - not bootable? Message-ID: <200601191648.05543.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20060107233120.GA556@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20060119144035.GA1866@xiao.rsnet> <20060119211400.GA65337@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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On Thursday 19 January 2006 16:14, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:40:35PM +0000, Russell Howe wrote.. > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:09:24AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > Actually, the two machines might be identical and the *only* > > > difference is the type of CDR media being used. Older CDROM drives do > > > not play well with a lot CDR media (depending on process type and dye > > > color) because it has a lower reflectance than "Mastered" CDROM discs. > > > > I still can't get the FBSD 6.0 mini ISO to boot on my 500AU, regardless > > of which drive I try (I've tried 3, 2 of them being writers, 1 of them a > > modern DVD-RW/CD-RW). > > > > The NetBSD 3.0 installer boots just fine > > > > Could it be that the 6.0 bootloader is incompatible with whatever > > release of the SRM firmware I have, or that the kernel is too big to > > load? > > Unlikely, but it would be *oh so nice* if people tested the bleedin' > pre-release beta bits instead of moaning about *release* CDs that do > not boot. > > > NetBSD was burnt using the same type of media as FreeBSD was, and I > > tried burning the FreeBSD installer multiple times on multiple OSes > > using multiple different pieces of software. > > > > The message I'm getting is: > > > > http://siksai.co.uk/~rhowe/alpha-no-workie.txt > > What you should get is 406 blocks for the bootstrap: > >>>boot dka0 > > (boot dka0.0.0.9.0 -flags 0) > block 0 of dka0.0.0.9.0 is a valid boot block > reading 406 blocks from dka0.0.0.9.0 > bootstrap code read in > base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 32c00 > initializing HWRPB at 2000 > > Not 170135 blocks... > > >>boot dka0 > > (boot dka0.0.0.107.0 -flags a) > block 0 of dka0.0.0.107.0 is a valid boot block > reading 170135 blocks from dka0.0.0.107.0 Simple question I know, but have the MD5 sums been verified to make sure the file wasn't downloaded as ASCII or something weird? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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