chayashida wrote: > > I am trying to install OpenBSD 4.0 on a Dell OptiPlex 745. The computer > has a SATA CD-ROM and a SATA hard drive. > > After the install/upgrade/shell part, I see a lot of kernel messages. > Everything looks normal, and it looks like all of my hardware is detected. > The install appears to go okay, but then it hangs after the file sets are > copied. It doesn't matter if I select all, some, or the minimal file sets: > the installation always hangs after the copy is finished. I tried a > separate set of CDs, just to see if that was the issue, but I get the same > result. I also tried reducing the size of the root partition to see if > that was an issue. > > Another member suggested that I try Ctrl-Z after the hang. If it stops the > job, then the installation program has hung. I tried it. ^Z displays on > the screen, but I do not get a shell. Apparently this means that the > kernel has hung. >
The OptiPlex 745 has the following hardware: SATA CD-ROM SATA hard drive 3.4 GHz Pentium D Broadcom BCM5754 network card Intel 82801H All of the above are listed as supported under OpenBSD 4.0. I noticed that there were kernel errors when I tried to set up the network to use DHCP with the on-board NIC, so I installed a new NIC. I disabled the on-board NIC and installed an Encore Electronics ENL832-TX-ICNT 10/100 Ethernet PCI card. I had also disabled the on-board audio as well. I ran the install, but this time chose to install over ftp instead of from the CD-ROM. It worked. (Previously, I had tried from another disc, so I was able to rule out the CD.) The only other difference was that the files on the CD were in the root of the disc, instead of 4.0/i386. I made another CD with the files in the correct directory and tried to install, and I still had problems. I also tested that CD by copying all the files off the CD without errors. I ran the install again, this time with the same configuration, but from the CD-ROM. It failed again. My best guess is that the accessing the SATA CD-ROM and the SATA hard drive at the same time is somehow hanging the system. I am installing a second system overnight (we have a slow Internet connection) but I expect it to work. I hope this helps someone else. Chris -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/4.0-Installation-problems-tf3645668.html#a10193201 Sent from the openbsd user - misc mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
