Re: help installing FreeBSD
Thanks everyone that has helped me. Ok, so I checked the ISO image and it was perfectly fine. So I checked the ribbon cable and it actually is a 40-conductor ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
help installing FreeBSD
Sorry for the last message... Thanks everyone that has helped me. Ok, so I checked the ISO image and it was perfectly fine. So I checked the ribbon cable and it actually is a 40-conductor IDE cable. So this means that I need to change it for an UDMA (80 conductor)?? Oh, and when I change it, do I need to configure something, maybe on the BIOS or something... just asking ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: help installing FreeBSD
If I'm not mistaken, I believe this is a long-time bug in the installer. I've installed several times seeing this error and never had a problem. However, to be safe you could always manually specify the geometry of your disk in the fdisk utility during install. I'm confused. At what point are you pressing Alt-F2? There isn't any point during the installation, that I can think of, that requires you hitting Alt-F2. Though, in reference the short error message above, I would first recommend verifying the checksum of your ISO and then reburning it - start with the simple things :). -David -- I'm sorry, I think I didn't explain it very well... When I choose the media type, a message is shown warning that '...this is the last chance... we can take no responsabillity. I hit 'ok' and then a message appears saying 'writing partitions...' and a few seconds later appears one message saying 'Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad0s1a! Command returned status 36' (sometimes the 'Command returned status 1'). I hit 'ok' and then appears: 'Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting'. And finally the last message I receive is 'Instalation completed with some errors. You may wish to scroll through...' At this point is where I press Alt+F2 and the errors (the WRITE_DMA errors) are shown. Is not necessary to press Alt+F2 but I read it somewhere. I hope you know now where do these errors are shown, if not please respond me again and I'll try to explain it better. By the way, I don't think is the checksum because I was trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 at first and the same error occured, but I will check the checksum, is just that... excuse my ignorance, but what is the checksum of my ISO image and how do I verify it Sorry I know that is a stupid question... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
help installing FreeBSD
I had similar errors reported when I tried to install FreeBSD from a CDRom drive which was connected to the motherboard with a standard udma(33?) ribbon cable (Yes write errors). Make sure your connectors are the better 80 conductor ones. -- John. Thanks John but how do I do that?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi! I've been trying to install FBSD on my computer, but I keep getting an error message that I have absolutely no idea what it means. This is what I get when I hit Alt+F2 DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED LBA=63 ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=63 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED LBA=67 DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions fstab: /etc/fstab:0: No such file or directory /dev/ad0s1a: 512.0MB (1048576 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048 using 4 cylinder grops of 128.02MB, 893 blks, 16448 inodes. ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=191 super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=191 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED LBA=191 newfs:: wtfs: 65536 bytes at sector 160: Input/output error ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=223 ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error(retrying request) LBA=223 ad0: FAILURE - WRITE_DMA status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=84ICRC,ABORTED LBA=223 I've got a Maxtor of 60GB as primary master. My geometry is wrongly reported by the installation program, it reports a geometry of 119108/16/63 while the BIOS reports one of 1024/240/63. I think this has nothing to do since I'm planning to have FreeBSD as the only OS of the machine, but you never know... These errors are shown just after I leave the partition editor, when they give the warning of making Back ups. Then the 'Writing partitions; message is shown and then the last one that says: Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad0s1a! Command returned status 36 Please help me! I've been asking everywhere and nobody answers me... Is there no solution for my problem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
