Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai, Thank you very much for the support you have provided. Wish you a merry xmas and a very happy new year. I will be in touch in the new year. Best Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 4:18 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:57:35 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, I have just compiled the kernel source and installed it. The logged messages1 file is attached for your comments. Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES I do not see anything (new) wrong in it. Please don't send the hall log, but only the last part of it. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai, I had to abandon the installation on this HDD (5600 rpm slower device). Now, I installed the system on faster HDD (7200rpm) and was able to complete the installation last friday. This morning when I tried to boot-up the system, it bi-passed the logger and logged as root. After running fsck command, I, have recovered the system and was able to login. I have attached the messages file for your advise. I have managed to complete the installation on 300MHz system. Configuring the XFreeBSD was a bit of struggle. I have USB floppy drive and when I try to mount, it gives me error message 'msdosfs: /dev/fd0 No such device or file'. Please advise. Is there a way to modify the boot loader multiple os boot prompt? One of the options showing ?? When you use sysinstall to generate XFree86Config file, where this file is saved? Why the graphical configuration tool option always indicate the configuration unsuccessful? Please advise a.s.a.p. Kind Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:49:36 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Module pci/sf failed to register: 17 module_register: module sf/miibus already exists! Module sf/miibus failed to register: 17 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done /mnt: bad dir ino 2 at offset 0: mangled entry panic: ufs_dirbad: bad dir syncing disks, buffers remaining... 3829 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 Now we're getting somewhere - this is your problem; but I can help you much. 1. Do a search on questions@ end current@ for WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting 2. If it doesn't return enything usefull post on curent about your problem, including the above and your dmesg. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:03:17 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, I had to abandon the installation on this HDD (5600 rpm slower device). Now, I installed the system on faster HDD (7200rpm) and was able to complete the installation last friday. This morning when I tried to boot-up the system, it bi-passed the logger and logged as root. After running fsck command, I, have recovered the system and was able to login. Good. I have attached the messages file for your advise. No attachement. I have managed to complete the installation on 300MHz system. Configuring the XFreeBSD was a bit of struggle. Welcome to the club. When you use sysinstall to generate XFree86Config file, where this file is saved? Why the graphical configuration tool option always indicate the configuration unsuccessful? If I remember well (as I don't use it) /root/XF86Config.new I have USB floppy drive and when I try to mount, it gives me error message'msdosfs: /dev/fd0 No such device or file'. Please advise. Well, fd0 is for the floppy attched to fdc, but yours is on usb, devfs is not seeing it so it does not create the entry in /dev. Please start reading the handbook, the faq and the man pages. Is there a way to modify the boot loader multiple os boot prompt? One of the options showing ?? The only one - modify the source. I don't advised that. Please advise a.s.a.p. ^ Please drop this, is kinda annoing. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai, I had to abandon the installation on this HDD (5600 rpm slower device). Now, I installed the system on faster HDD (7200rpm) and was able to complete the installation last friday. This morning when I tried to boot-up the system, it bi-passed the logger and logged as root. After running fsck command, I, have recovered the system and was able to login. I have attached the messages file for your advise. I have managed to complete the installation on 300MHz system. Configuring the XFreeBSD was a bit of struggle. I have USB floppy drive and when I try to mount, it gives me error message 'msdosfs: /dev/fd0 No such device or file'. Please advise. Is there a way to modify the boot loader multiple os boot prompt? One of the options showing ?? When you use sysinstall to generate XFree86Config file, where this file is saved? Why the graphical configuration tool option always indicate the configuration unsuccessful? Please advise a.s.a.p. Kind Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:49:36 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Module pci/sf failed to register: 17 module_register: module sf/miibus already exists! Module sf/miibus failed to register: 17 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done /mnt: bad dir ino 2 at offset 0: mangled entry panic: ufs_dirbad: bad dir syncing disks, buffers remaining... 3829 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 Now we're getting somewhere - this is your problem; but I can help you much. 1. Do a search on questions@ end current@ for WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting 2. If it doesn't return enything usefull post on curent about your problem, including the above and your dmesg. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user MESSAGES Description: Binary data ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai, My appologies, forgot to attach the file. I have re-sent that e-mail with attachment. When you install Red Hat Linux, it allows you to label the multiple boot loader partitions and the FreeBSD generates the label per partition created. If you have already installed an operating system e.g. Windows platform, then it is displayed as ?? rather than the name of the operating system. Is there a way to modify this boot loader file or rename the boot loader os label using command line command? Please advise a.s.a.p. Kind Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:25 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:03:17 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, I had to abandon the installation on this HDD (5600 rpm slower device). Now, I installed the system on faster HDD (7200rpm) and was able to complete the installation last friday. This morning when I tried to boot-up the system, it bi-passed the logger and logged as root. After running fsck command, I, have recovered the system and was able to login. Good. I have attached the messages file for your advise. No attachement. I have managed to complete the installation on 300MHz system. Configuring the XFreeBSD was a bit of struggle. Welcome to the club. When you use sysinstall to generate XFree86Config file, where this file is saved? Why the graphical configuration tool option always indicate the configuration unsuccessful? If I remember well (as I don't use it) /root/XF86Config.new I have USB floppy drive and when I try to mount, it gives me error message'msdosfs: /dev/fd0 No such device or file'. Please advise. Well, fd0 is for the floppy attched to fdc, but yours is on usb, devfs is not seeing it so it does not create the entry in /dev. Please start reading the handbook, the faq and the man pages. Is there a way to modify the boot loader multiple os boot prompt? One of the options showing ?? The only one - modify the source. I don't advised that. Please advise a.s.a.p. ^ Please drop this, is kinda annoing. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:51:13 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dec 19 18:26:44 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: fault virtual address = 0xc6cd4880 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: fault code = supervisor write, page not present Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc0480f27 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: stack pointer = 0x10:0xdcc7f7e8 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: frame pointer = 0x10:0xdcc7f878 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xf, type 0x1b Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: current process = 5329 (tar) Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: trap number = 12 Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: panic: page fault Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: As I've already sad, this is as far as I can go, esp. without a backtrace. Compile your kernel with debug symbols, set your comuter to save the kernel's core, etc. It is all documented in the handbook and the faq. Beeing a programmer it shouldn't be hard to understad how to set up that. Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: syncing disks, buffers remaining... 3485 3485 3484 3484 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 3483 [..] Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: WARNING: / was not properly dismounted Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted Dec 19 18:26:44 kernel: /var: mount pending error: blocks 368 files 175 Dec 19 18:27:47 fsck: /dev/ad0s1e: 4 files, 2 used, 126837 free (21 frags, 15852 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I=566744 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED) Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I=566745 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED) Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I=566748 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED) [..] fsck work Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT I=567394 (4 should be 0) (CORRECTED) Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: SETTING DIRTY FLAG IN READ_ONLY MODE haven't dow that untill now Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: Dec 19 18:28:34 fsck: /dev/ad0s1f: UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. run it manually, by booitng in single user. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:25:09 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, My appologies, forgot to attach the file. I have re-sent that e-mail with attachment. When you install Red Hat Linux, it allows you to label the multiple boot loader partitions and the FreeBSD generates the label per partition created. If you have already installed an operating system e.g. Windows platform, then it is displayed as ?? rather than the name of the operating system. You have a NTFS slice. If it were fat32 it would have displyed DOS. It is known and it is a issue of space, as the boot loader has to be very small and adding mapping for slice (file system) types - name will make it larger. Is there a way to modify this boot loader file The sources. or rename the boot loader os label using command line command? No. But all this is in the FAQ. plese RTFM. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Thanks Regards Gurdial Chandra - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:25:09 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, My appologies, forgot to attach the file. I have re-sent that e-mail with attachment. When you install Red Hat Linux, it allows you to label the multiple boot loader partitions and the FreeBSD generates the label per partition created. If you have already installed an operating system e.g. Windows platform, then it is displayed as ?? rather than the name of the operating system. You have a NTFS slice. If it were fat32 it would have displyed DOS. It is known and it is a issue of space, as the boot loader has to be very small and adding mapping for slice (file system) types - name will make it larger. Is there a way to modify this boot loader file The sources. or rename the boot loader os label using command line command? No. But all this is in the FAQ. plese RTFM. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:57:35 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai, I have just compiled the kernel source and installed it. The logged messages1 file is attached for your comments. Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES I do not see anything (new) wrong in it. Please don't send the hall log, but only the last part of it. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 16:49:36 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Module pci/sf failed to register: 17 module_register: module sf/miibus already exists! Module sf/miibus failed to register: 17 ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata0: resetting devices .. done /mnt: bad dir ino 2 at offset 0: mangled entry panic: ufs_dirbad: bad dir syncing disks, buffers remaining... 3829 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 3823 Now we're getting somewhere - this is your problem; but I can help you much. 1. Do a search on questions@ end current@ for WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting 2. If it doesn't return enything usefull post on curent about your problem, including the above and your dmesg. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:29:51 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't top post, it is hard to read. Hi Dorin, Many thanks for the help. I have attached a copy of the messages and hwlog1.txt files. I look forward to your advise to resolve the h/w problem. Best Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:00 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am unable to copy on to the floppy disc. When I try to mount the floppy with mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, it gives me error message: Device is not configured. [..] Is there a way to transfer files from FreeBSD to Windows? Simple way:) : new floppy (preformated in old DOS/IBM format), insert, mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt , copy the stuff, umount /dev/fd0, extract, go to windoze If you have a win box in your network try: mount_smbfs //[EMAIL PROTECTED]/shared_resource /mount_point to mount a shared dir from your win box. man mount_smbfs -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:29:51 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see anything odd here. Had you tried booting with ACPI disabled ? From what you told us it seems to be HDD related. If you boot in single user and do a fsck -n on your partitions is there any error message ? -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai, When the file system was corrupt, I tried booting with ACPI disabled and it gave me the same response. This morning I tried to install the XFree86 using sysinstall and got the system corrupted and could not recover. I reinstall the minimal system, logged in as root, ran sysinstall and copied info, man, ports etc (but no XFree86 packages) packages and exited to command prompt. I ran the following commands:- cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 make all install clean During the installation the system failed, after reboot it let me log in. I ran fsck -n command. I copied the messages and hwlog2.txt files. When rebooted, it lost the logger prompt and allowed me as root. The messages and hwlog2.txt files are attached for your advise. I am unable to complete the installation on this P4 2.533GHz system. Please advise a.s.a.p. Kind Regards Gurdial Chandra Sycos AES - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dorin H [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:29:51 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see anything odd here. Had you tried booting with ACPI disabled ? From what you told us it seems to be HDD related. If you boot in single user and do a fsck -n on your partitions is there any error message ? -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
[cc'ed back to the list] On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:36:37 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai Tetcu, Hi, Please use reply all, so that a copy of the message gets to questions list also. The minimal system which I built earlier on my P4 2.53GHz system got corrupted during adding XFree86 package using sysinstall. I had to abandon that installation. After several attempts, I, have managed to install the minimal installation. After rebooting, it won't let me log in as user, but, login as root was successful. Could you please elaborate ? Did you add a user from sysinstall when promted ? I have run the dmesg and the log is attached as hwlog file. It is not. I can't say anything without. I am able to install info, man, ports and perl packages using sysinstall, but, when tried installing text editors, it crashed during copying XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5. When rebooted the system, it failed to start logger and given a lot of error messages init: can't exec getty/usr/libexec/getty for port /dev/ttyv0 .. /dev/ttyv1 etc and the system hangs. Probably becouse the crash. Did it print anything on the system console before crashing ? I have reinstalled the minimal installation, but, I won't install any more packages until been advised with a way forward. When the system crashes during package install, where the error messages are logged? /var/log is the default place for logs. In /var/log/messages you should find errors that are printed on the console, provided tha system has the time to write them before the crash and the buffers are flushed on disk. If you find something that looks unusall please poste that also. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
Hi Ion-Mihai Tetcu, Thanks for the response. I did create the user account using sysinstall and failed to login after system reboot. I deleted the profile and recreated the adduser command. It works. I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am unable to copy on to the floppy disc. When I try to mount the floppy with mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, it gives me error message: Device is not configured. I am trying to copy the log file to floppy disc so that I can attach this file to the e-mail running on windows system. I formatted the floppy using fdformat command, and when tried to mount, it gives me error message incorrect super block. Now this format is not copatible with windows system. I also created another dos fat partition and tried to mount so that I could copy the log file to dos partition, it won't work. I have used this method to transfer the files on a Linux system. Is there a way to transfer files from FreeBSD to Windows? - Original Message - From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem [cc'ed back to the list] On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:36:37 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ion-Mihai Tetcu, Hi, Please use reply all, so that a copy of the message gets to questions list also. The minimal system which I built earlier on my P4 2.53GHz system got corrupted during adding XFree86 package using sysinstall. I had to abandon that installation. After several attempts, I, have managed to install the minimal installation. After rebooting, it won't let me log in as user, but, login as root was successful. Could you please elaborate ? Did you add a user from sysinstall when promted ? I have run the dmesg and the log is attached as hwlog file. It is not. I can't say anything without. I am able to install info, man, ports and perl packages using sysinstall, but, when tried installing text editors, it crashed during copying XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_5. When rebooted the system, it failed to start logger and given a lot of error messages init: can't exec getty/usr/libexec/getty for port /dev/ttyv0 .. /dev/ttyv1 etc and the system hangs. Probably becouse the crash. Did it print anything on the system console before crashing ? I have reinstalled the minimal installation, but, I won't install any more packages until been advised with a way forward. When the system crashes during package install, where the error messages are logged? /var/log is the default place for logs. In /var/log/messages you should find errors that are printed on the console, provided tha system has the time to write them before the crash and the buffers are flushed on disk. If you find something that looks unusall please poste that also. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am unable to copy on to the floppy disc. When I try to mount the floppy with mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, it gives me error message: Device is not configured. Try: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt with any DOS formated disc. If you want to mount a UFS partition/floppy, you have to create actually the FS structure first using newfs (but you will not be able to easily read it from Win :) ). % man 1 fdformat quote Note that fdformat does only perform low-level formatting. In order to create a file system on the medium, see the commands newfs(8) for a UFS file system, or newfs_msdos(8) for an MS-DOS (FAT) file system. /quote Mount expects a file system structure on that disc (either UFS or DOS). I formatted the floppy using fdformat command, and when tried to mount, it gives me error message incorrect super block. Now this format is not copatible with windows system. No file system present (in this case, mount tried to mount the default ufs FS, which expect to start with a superblock, which is not there, as you haven't newfs-ed the disc). I also created another dos fat partition and tried to mount so that I could copy the log file to dos partition, it won't work. I have used this method to transfer the files on a Linux system. Again, see above (newfs(8)). If you formated as type, again, use -t msdos to specify the type (default is ufs). Is there a way to transfer files from FreeBSD to Windows? Simple way:) : new floppy (preformated in old DOS/IBM format), insert, mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt , copy the stuff, umount /dev/fd0, extract, go to windoze /Dorin. PS. In case of errors, check if you have the /dev/fd0 device actually. You should, if your drive is recognized during boot. PS2. Maybe you want to take a look at www.onlamp.com, they have many nice written tutorials about FreeBSD to put you on track. __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:36:21 - Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear sir/ madam, Please warp. The FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak was purchased from FreeBSD Mall Ref Invoice No: 3120119. This package has been ordered to develop a FreeBSD Driver for PCI Bus Interface. When tried installing, on Pentium P4 2.53GHz, the installation fails during installing the package on to the hard disc, displaying message e.g. Extracting base into / dir, Panic ufs_dirbad: bad dir and ask to reboot the system. After several attempts, I have managed to install the minimum installation. Please post the output of dmesg and your hardawe. We can say anything without knowing your hardware. I have tried installing on a Pentium Pro 300MHz PC and it won't let me configure the X. Both proc fully supported. When I try to configure the X, the system starts rebooting. Would you kindly advise, what should I do? Did you make any world /kernel build install ? Try configuring using xf86config instead of xf86cfg. Give more details. I have very tight requirement. I need to develop the driver and supply to the customer by end of January 2004. Good luck. Is this software fully installable? Yes. It sould. I'm running it ;) If not, would you please send me the updated software a.s.a.p. Would you please advise a.s.a.p. Note that you are posting to a comunity mailling list. Also note that The Freebsd Project and The FreeBSD Foundation is not responsable for FreeBSD Mall which is a third party. Also note that I'm not speaking for either of them. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
