Bug 99803

Summary: Can't install FreeBSD from CD-ROM
Product: Base System Reporter: Steve Anderson <sba>
Component: amd64Assignee: freebsd-amd64 (Nobody) <amd64>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Steve Anderson 2006-07-05 16:50:15 UTC 
Sun SunFire X2100 server.  SATA hard drive (1-80GB), IDE DVD/CD-ROM drive. Dual core Opteron 170 cpu 2 GB of RAM.  Server boots from CD initially and begins install without problem.  After changes are written to hard drive, you see a message saying starting emergency holographic session of vtty4.  Then it says unable to transfer base ditribution from acd0.  Do you want to try and retrieve it again?  If you select yes it repeats until you give up.  If you press no, you have to manually cancel all install options.  I've tried multiple burns of the CD-ROM on multiple servers and they all do this.

How-To-Repeat: Boot from CD and attempt to install OS.
Comment 1 Steve Anderson 2006-07-05 19:36:53 UTC 
Issue is resolved, the problem was that I was using the boot CD
and not Disk 1 of the distribution.  It was a noob mistake and I'm
sorry to have wasted your time. 
Thanks,
Steve

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Steven Anderson
Network Management Services
Academic Computing and Network Services
Michigan State University
sba@msu.edu 517.432.7266
Comment 2 Tilman Keskinoz freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2006-07-06 10:13:51 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

submitter reports issue as resolved