Thanks for your reply. My problem was a bad SCSI Cable.
Just got a new one and FreeBSD installed fine!
Nader,
----- Original Message -----
From: Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Nader Turki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: Again init!
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 05:42:08PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote:
>
> Alpha is a RISC CPU. FreeBSD has in addition to the i386 port also a port
> to Alpha machines. On Alpha this problem has been observed by some. I have
> never heard of it on i386, but that could be me.
>
> What is causes is unknown, but a workaround is to remove other bootable
> disks from the same system. At least that helps on Freebsd/alpha
>
> Wilko
>
>
> > Sorry, the reason i said i386 'cause i'm not sure what alpha is.
> > Anyway I have a Gateway ALR7200 Server PII400 and when i installed
FreeBSD
> > last time it was i386.
> > Hope someone can help me with this problem. Anyway the 2 hard drives are
> > both SCSI Ultra2 LVD. FreeBSD reads the drives and i even partitioned
them.
> > the only problem i get is on mounting and installing FreeBSD.
> >
> > Nader,
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Nader Turki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: Again init!
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 05:25:01PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > > on i386 I believe.
> > >
> > > I believe? I assume you know whether you booted it on a PC or on an
Alpha
> > > machine?
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: Nader Turki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:17 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: Again init!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:52:44PM -0400, Nader Turki wrote:
> > > > > > Hi there, I sent an email earlier and got disconnected while i
was
> > > > sending
> > > > > > it. so i'm not sure if you guys got it or not. I'll copy it
below:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi there,
> > > > > > I just installed a second HD and trying to install FreeBSD 4.0
from
> > CD!
> > > > > > Anyway, after partitioning i choose the the packages i want then
> > install
> > > > > > from CDROM .... but i get an error message freebsd never
installs
> > ( the
> > > > > > error message is get is:
> > > > > > panic: Going nowhere without my init!
> > > > > > syncinng dics
> > > > > > done
> > > > > > and the machine reboots.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this on alpha or in i386?
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nlfug.nl
> > > ---end quoted text---
> > >
> > > --
> > > Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nlfug.nl
> ---end quoted text---
>
> --
> Wilko Bulte http://www.freebsd.org
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nlfug.nl
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