Bug 16901
| Summary: | cannot boot 3.4 floppies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Base System | Reporter: | dragona <dragona> |
| Component: | misc | Assignee: | freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs> |
| Status: | Closed FIXED | ||
| Severity: | Affects Only Me | ||
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | Unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | Any | ||
| OS: | Any | ||
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Description
dragona
2000-02-22 06:20:01 UTC
I have the same sort of problem.
When I boot from the kern floppy my system hangs after the following is
printed to the screen:
===============================================
/boot.config: -P
Keyboard: no
-
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
===============================================
My system is an Acer Aspire PIII 450, 128MB RAM, 8GB HD with the following
hardware:
Human Interface Devices (HID) USB mouse and keyboard
(*NOTE* only USB keyboard - no PS/2 or AT-style ports)
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to PCI bridge
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Process to AGP Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode)
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB Power Management Controller
(the Intel 82371AB/EB architecture is specifically supported according to
the hardward notes at freeBSD.org)
ATI XPERT 98 Display adapter
Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 70 Monitor
ESS Solo-1 Soundblaster sound card
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
3com FastEtherlink XL 10/100MB TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-2500
Generic IDE Harddisk and Floppy disk
First: It's my understanding that USB is supported so I don't understand why
I get the message "Keyboard: no." Second: Everything seems to go well for
2-3 minutes: the drive is humming, I get messages on the screen, etc but
then the baton stops turning, the floopy stops (I guess it has finished
reading) and nothing happens.
NOTE I have the second floppy disk: mfsroot and I have tried putting it
into the drive after a couple of minutes of inactivity (despite not being
prompted to do so) but nothing happens (even after hitting return a few
times).
What is the correct behavior? Shouldn't there be a prompt for the second
disk?
FYI: I am a "newbie," and have done extensive reading about FreeBSD over teh
last few days. I am very excited about getting freeBSD but I never thought
I would have problems this early in the install process. I have used
VAX/VMS and Win95/98/NT for many years. I was going to use Redhat but,
Linux doesn't support USB. This appears to be a lucky coincidence, however,
since FreeBSD seems to be *much* better (more stable, more central and
coherent development, easier (PORTS), possibly a better license for
developers, etc.) FreeBSD seems to be the best-kept secret in "free"
operating systems!
John
John
I have the same sort of problem.
When I boot from the kern floppy my system hangs after the following is
printed to the screen:
===============================================
/boot.config: -P
Keyboard: no
-
BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01
===============================================
My system is an Acer Aspire PIII 450, 128MB RAM, 8GB HD with the following
hardware:
Human Interface Devices (HID) USB mouse and keyboard
(*NOTE* only USB keyboard - no PS/2 or AT-style ports)
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Processor to PCI bridge
Intel 82443BX Pentium II Process to AGP Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
Intel 82371EB PCI to ISA bridge (ISA mode)
Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Intel 82371AB/EB Power Management Controller
(the Intel 82371AB/EB architecture is specifically supported according to
the hardward notes at freeBSD.org)
ATI XPERT 98 Display adapter
Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 70 Monitor
ESS Solo-1 Soundblaster sound card
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS
Acer 56K DataFax PCI Modem
3com FastEtherlink XL 10/100MB TX Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)
Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-2500
Generic IDE Harddisk and Floppy disk
First: It's my understanding that USB is supported so I don't understand why
I get the message "Keyboard: no." Second: Everything seems to go well for
2-3 minutes: the drive is humming, I get messages on the screen, etc but
then the baton stops turning, the floopy stops (I guess it has finished
reading) and nothing happens.
NOTE I have the second floppy disk: mfsroot and I have tried putting it
into the drive after a couple of minutes of inactivity (despite not being
prompted to do so) but nothing happens (even after hitting return a few
times).
What is the correct behavior? Shouldn't there be a prompt for the second
disk?
FYI: I am a "newbie," and have done extensive reading about FreeBSD over teh
last few days. I am very excited about getting freeBSD but I never thought
I would have problems this early in the install process. I have used
VAX/VMS and Win95/98/NT for many years. I was going to use Redhat but,
Linux doesn't support USB. This appears to be a lucky coincidence, however,
since FreeBSD seems to be *much* better (more stable, more central and
coherent development, easier (PORTS), possibly a better license for
developers, etc.) FreeBSD seems to be the best-kept secret in "free"
operating systems!
John
John
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Needs more input from user, can you please provide more information such as motherboard type and floppy drive type? Can you boot any other type of boot disks? How far does the boot get before failing? State Changed From-To: feedback->closed Feedback timeout - submission didn't give enough information to diagnose. |
