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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>I just confirmed that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>02/25/2008 01:35AM 534,177,792 <A
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/7.0/7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso">7.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso</A><BR><FONT
face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>exhibits the same problem on the test
bed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size=2>Peter</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=kris@pcbsd.com href="mailto:kris@pcbsd.com">Kris Moore</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=testing@lists.pcbsd.org
href="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org">PC-BSD Testing list</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:51 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PC-BSD Testing] New Alpha ISO 05242008 Mountroot
problem</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Peter Brewster wrote:<BR>> Hi Kris, or whoever,<BR>>
<BR>> This could be a BTX 1.01 versus BTX 1.02 matter. Well out of my
league.<BR>> <BR>> My intent was to install Alpha 05242008 on a test
bed.<BR>> <BR>> Repeatable solid failure using the Alpha 05242008 ISO
image loading from cd. The test bed mobo is a recent Intel with an Intel
dual CPU and 2GB. System has been running both installed PC-BSD 1.5.1
(from system ATA hard disk) and installed Xubuntu 8.04 (from USB flash drive)
without any problems.<BR>> <BR>> I have confirmed the same Alpha 05242008
cd loads correctly on another older PC - an HP Presario with Intel
Celeron. Did not continue to install (not a test bed) but could
have. I also confirmed the ISO image used against a fresh ftp
copy.<BR>> <BR>> On the failing system I can see "BTX version 1.02" and
then some screens of text fly by. What I can visually catch looks ordinary
enough. Nothing unexpected seen but I'm not sure exactly what to look
for. A few lines just before the problem:<BR>> <BR>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>
<BR>> ad0: 20GB maxtor at ata0-master UDMA-100<BR>> acd0:
CDROM <LTN323/DQ15> at ata0-slave PIO4<BR>> . . . usual
SCSI illegal request stuff . . <BR>> cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0<BR>>
cd0: <LITEON . . . . ><BR>> cd0: 16.0 MB/s transfer<BR>>
cd0: cd present [355743 x 2048 byte records]<BR>> <BR>> Manual root
filesystem spec <BR>> . . . . . <BR>>
. . . . .<BR>> Mountroot> {solid cursor block displays}<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> Using a "?" entry displays 12 devices from ad0s1f to
fd0. The only file system to use that I know is ufs.<BR>> <BR>>
Using "ufs:cd0" entry grinds on the cd for a second or so, displays "Trying to
mount root from ufs:cd0" and returns to the Mountroot> prompt. All the
suggested devices have a similar response. None succeed.<BR>> <BR>>
I specifically confirmed just now that my FreeBSD 6.3 cd (as downloaded on
2-26-08) loads and installs correctly on the test bed. (As of course it
did a couple of months ago.) As it loads the display indicates the
BTX version is 1.01.<BR>> <BR>> Peter Brewster<BR>> <BR>>
!DSPAM:1,4847e95e20032076744907!<BR><BR>Peter,<BR><BR>Can you grab a copy of the
FreeBSD 7.0 or 7-Stable CD's and see if this <BR>problem exists there as well?
The Alpha is based on 7-Stable, and its <BR>possible that something has been
broken with the update to BTX that they <BR>aren't aware of. If you can confirm
the failure there, we can send it <BR>over to the BTX maintainer and get it
fixed for you.<BR><BR>-- <BR><BR>Kris Moore<BR>PC-BSD Software<BR><A
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