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Skriven 2010-11-29 21:10:00 av James Bradley (1:342/77.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Benny Pedersen
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-=> Benny Pedersen wrote to James Bradley <=-

 BP> 28 Nov 2010 19:38, James Bradley wrote to All:

 JB> Any BSD people here?
 BP> is bsd linux now ? :)

I *think* it's as close as fido comes. <G>

 JB> I tried to stuff FreeBSD 8.1 (Ya... I'll try 8.0 soon.) into a rather
 JB> funky system (Intel 7501HG2 mobo) where:

 BP> you ment 9.x ? :)

I think 8.1 is "current", and 8.0 is "stable".

 JB> Error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist: I/O err. (5)

 BP> this for the most times means that the kernel does not know
 BP> how to handle the hardware here, or that the device exists
 BP> under another device path

Ya, I was thinking I could search /dev/hd[a-d] directly for the 
installation media like Linux but with BSD syntax. Until I can log 
onto my I-net again, I'll try /dev/acd[0-4] then /dev/[a-d]cd0. I think the 
trailing number is what BSD refers to as "slices". (I just realized where I 
can garner a few clues to the nomenclature.) The HD is partitioned like 
with *fdisk, but then they use something called slices to divide that 
partition into partitions. (Don't ask me. I'm new here. P-)

For instance, this HW RAID-5 cluster is partitioned as a monolithic block 
then /, swap, /home, ... is created inside that. As I mentioned on my OP, 
Slack went in fine to the same array, so unless BSD isn't formatting the 
"slices"....

 BP> try boot a ubuntu 64bit iso hopefully shows more errors then just it
 BP> booted

Ubuntu isn't allowed in this house. <L> 

 JB> I'm thinking the kernel needs to run without DMA on the IDE controller?

 BP> what does ubuntu ?

"What does ubuntu?" What does it what? Come here? NO! <LOL>

Come to think about it, I have had to turn off IDE-DMA to install Slack 13 
onto another machine, and it does go into this one fine. Back to suspecting 
the lack of FS formatting of the RAID. 

 JB> Can I do this with a boot switch?

 BP> one problem at a time, we need to know if its just bsd that
 BP> dont work on that hardware first, and more info on what
 BP> does work and not working

I did save /var/log/dmesg from the same machine from the Slack install. 
Like I mentioned, *it* went in like [OK... I'll save the simile. }|-].

 BP> hint the dvd have a working kernel that boots fine ?, but
 BP> the script installs something that does not work ?

Yup... Kernel loads. Install script runs. Partitioning confirmed. "Slicing" 
I can only assume works. (There's evidence that it survives even a reboot.) 
Formatting reports no errors. From here, the I/O error might be from reading 
the DVD, or having a destination to put it. No?

 BP> in gentoo livecd there is /proc/config.gz with is the
 BP> kernel .config to make a new kernel that is exact same as
 BP> the one in the livecd

It's called a "Catch 22". I can't read the bulk of the documentation until 
the OS is in, let alone use the system HD to do anything fancy even if I 
did know what I was doing. 

 BP> its also nearly new year and some good things could be new
 BP> computers that works comming next ? :)

It'll be three to five years before *that* product trickles down to my 
price-point. <L>

 JB> Short of it not playing with the SCSI RAID....

 BP> understandeble, is it hardware raid or some simple raid
 BP> that is only a boot bios strapper to get software raid
 BP> going ? (could very well be you headless hair nights going
 BP> with that)

As mentioned earlier, it's a full blown HW controller. Check the spec on 
Intel's site. As MK said "WAY more server than my ability to be served," or 
words to that affect. <EG>

 JB> partitioning/"slicing"
 JB> seems to take, short of the labels/mount point not being written.

 BP> more info please on that one

What 'bout? 

 BP> running gentoo learning more :)

Dropped Gentoo when they made it "easy". <L>


... James
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