On 2025-05-12, Nicole Findlay <nicolefind...@airmail.cc> wrote: > I am trying to install OpenBSD 7.7 amd64 install77.iso in a VM, but > it panics while installing the sets. This is the error message: > "wdc_atapi_start: not ready, st = 50" > > The VM then reboots within approximately 30 seconds to a minute. > > These web pages I found have screenshots that are like what I am > experiencing, including the full error message: ><https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2023/openbsd-db-atapi-start-not-ready/> ><https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/12jzg2y/comment/jhhk1gx/> > > They suggest that configuring the VM's virtual CD drive as SATA, > rather than IDE, is a way to avoid it. > > Unfortunately for me, the bespoke and strange QEMU-based (I think) > hosting infrastructure I am stuck using does not give me such > control or insight, so I cannot try that. There are several existing > pre-7.7 OpenBSD VMs hosted by this infrastructure, although I do not > know their provenance. This infrastructure's bespoke management web > app also makes extracting log messages impossible for me so far. > > Is this panic a bug, or expected behavior? (This is my first > experience with OpenBSD, so I am ignorant.)
Probable that it's a bug, but not sure whether it's in OpenBSD or your VM environment. Likely easiest to sidestep it by doing a network install (you can still use the iso to boot the installer, but configure the network and install over http). -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
