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From: iovtchev@aha.ru
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Subject: Installation problems with 3.x FreeBSD
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>Number:         15040
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Installation problems with 3.x FreeBSD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 22 00:50:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:    Tue Mar 19 06:50:11 PST 2002
>Last-Modified:  Tue Mar 19 06:50:11 PST 2002
>Originator:     Dima
>Release:        3.3-19991116
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Trying to install any 3.x release of FreeBSD, I have problems
with the disks geometry and that's why fail to complete the process successfully.
While having worked under 2.2.8 release with the same hardware (see below)I managed to find the parameters under which the system worked properly.
1)The parameters used for the disks under 2.2.8 are 1286/16/63, slicing compatible with other FS;
2)Under 3.x I failed to find any useful params for the disks. I tried all possible combinations of disk params(either 1286/16/63 or 633/64/32, which I got from DOS partitioning) and slicing policies.
But anyway system gives me failure messages like: write errors during distribution set unpacking; MAKEDEV erors at the end of installation; Boot Loader misplacing - in the best case.

The installation attemts were performed on the following computer:
CPU: i486 DX2 (486-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x436  Stepping=6
  Features=0xb<FPU,VME,PSE>
real memory  = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
eisa0: <INT3011 (System Board)>
aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
(aha0:0:0): "HP 97548S C033" type 0 fixed SCSI 1
sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 633MB (1296512 512 byte sectors)
(aha0:1:0): "HP 97548S C033" type 0 fixed SCSI 1
sd1(aha0:1:0): Direct-Access 633MB (1296512 512 byte sectors)

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>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: kris 
State-Changed-When: Fri May 25 03:05:33 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
Can you try this again with FreeBSD 4.3? 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15040 

From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: "Dmitry L. Iovtchev" <idima@obbank.ru>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/15040: Installation problems with 3.x FreeBSD
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 13:46:33 -0700

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 On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 04:06:25PM +0400, Dmitry L. Iovtchev wrote:
 
 > It's not only firmware imperfection, because on previous version of
 > Fr.BSD it works. At my opinion, you have changed something into
 > storage subsystem and have eliminated support of old hardware.
 
 Okay, we can leave this report open if you want to pursue it by
 sending more information later.
 
 Kris
 
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From: Arnaud Launay <asl@launay.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, iovtchev@aha.ru
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/15040: Installation problems with 3.x FreeBSD
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:28:10 +0100

 Hello,
 
 There have been a lot of changes in disks drivers since 3.3, would you 
 mind telling us if its always a problem or not ?
 
 Thanks,
 	Arnaud.
 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: des 
State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 19 06:50:10 PST 2002 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=15040 
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