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Subject: Installation fails on HP Net Server
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>Number:         12923
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       Installation fails on HP Net Server
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Aug  2 06:10:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jul 9 16:27:18 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jul 09 16:27:56 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Laurence Morell
>Release:        3.1
>Organization:
Northern Counties Health Care
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
HP NetServer LC
CPU: 486DX/66
SCSI: AIC7770 (on-board)
HD: Connor 1.3GB (da0)
CD:Goldstar (SCSI)

During the failed installation attempts I've observed the following:

1. The transfer rate from the CD is quite slow: 1-2 kbs. 
2. The message for the first 102 chunks states the destination
directory as `/' not `/usr' as I would expect for the binaries
3. Several packages "cannot be read from cd0" 
4. As expected, the system fails to boot after starting to load.

Things I done based on the FAQ and other documentation:
1. Set `eisa 12' so that the probe works
2. Disabled >1GB translation in BIOS
3. Adjusted the geometry of the hard drive so it agrees with the
BIOS (Phoenix) (1023/64/32). 
4. Allocated the entire disk: non-dangerously, standard MBR

In addition,  I've verified that all the hardware works by installing
Linux (RH5.1) with no difficulties.
 

 
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: iedowse 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 9 16:16:44 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  

Have you tried installing a newer release of FreeBSD on this machine? 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=12923 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: iedowse 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 9 16:27:18 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  

Mail to submitter bounces. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=12923 
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