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From: timlee@netcom.com (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: 2.2.1 /stand/sysinstall on install floppy hangs
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 06:08:34 GMT
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When I boot a FreeBSD 2.2.1 install floppy, /stand/sysinstall running
as init hangs with a blank screen with the cursor in the lower left.
This is after the kernel loads from the floppy, gives the configuration
menu, and probes for the devices.  Pressing ScrollLock at this point
allows looking at the device probe messages.  Pressing SysRq shows an
error message that reads something like

wd0: invalid partition, no magic

or something similar.  wd0 is a new 3 GB EIDE disk that replaces an old
325 MB IDE disk on which FreeBSD 2.2.1 was successfully installed with
a boot floppy and distribution CD-ROM.  The only difference between the
system then and now is the disk, the video card (but I got the same
result with the original video card and the new 3 GB disk), and the
monitor.  With the new disk, I did reset the BIOS parameters using the
BIOS' automatic disk detector.

On the installed FreeBSD on the old 325 MB IDE disk, /stand/sysinstall
crashes, although it worked then from the install floppy.

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