On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:30:27 -0400, Barry Miller wrote:
>On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 07:01:04PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote:
>> A couple of friends have been wanting to try out OpenBSD 4.2 on their
>> machines, but the 4.2 disk will not boot whereas the 4.1 disk will.
>[...]
>> Has anyone else had problems booting the 4.2 CD? And is there a workaround?
>
>I have the same problem. My 4 year old i386 test box doesn't see it as
>bootable (4.[01] CDs work fine). The CD seems ok - no problem pulling
>kernels, sets, and packages off it. It boots on my newer machines, and
Another one (user but 4 identical PCs).
The first (to exhibit the problem) machine I tried to upgrade to 4.2
had a CD drive that was dead some time ago but I only replaced it when
I took it out of service to upgrade.
When it failed to boot the 4.2 release CD I figured that a fancy DVD
burner with all the bells & whistles must have scared the old BIOS. I
just planted a bsd.rd onto it across the network and upgraded using the
CD which as the others have said mounts and reads perfectly.
I cannot see any pertinent difference in 4.1cd boot dmesg and 4.2
installed dmesg but my eyes may have missed something so here is one of
each:
4.2 installed.
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OpenBSD 4.2 (GENERIC) #375: Tue Aug 28 10:38:44 MDT 2007
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.31
GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,F
XSR,SSE
real mem = 259555328 (247MB)
avail mem = 243314688 (232MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/27/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfb4b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0800 (35 entries)
bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "6.00 PG" date
02/27/2002
bios0: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
apm0: flags 70102 dobusy 1 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xde94
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfde10/128 (6 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 10 11 12
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev
0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8601 PCI" rev 0x05
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT82C601 AGP" rev 0x00
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Trident CyberBlade i1" rev 0x6a
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT82C686 ISA" rev 0x40
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA100,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST340016A>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 38166MB, 78165360 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITE-ON, DVDRW LH-20A1P, KL0N> SCSI0
5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 12
uhci1 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 12
viaenv0 at pci0 dev 7 function 4 "VIA VT82C686 SMBus" rev 0x40: 24-bit
timer at 3579545Hz
rl0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11, address
00:01:80:20:88:ab
rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
biomask f765 netmask ff65 ttymask ffe7
pctr: 686-class user-level performance counters enabled
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b
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4.1 CD booted to shell:
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OpenBSD 4.1 (RAMDISK_CD) #248: Sat Mar 10 19:32:46 MST 2007
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD
cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.31
GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,F
XSR,SSE
real mem = 259555328 (253472K)
avail mem = 230711296 (225304K)
using 3199 buffers containing 13103104 bytes (12796K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/27/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfb4b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0800 (35 entries)
bios0: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: flags 70102 dobusy 1 doidle 1
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xde94
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfde10/128 (6 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 10 11 12
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:07:0 ("VIA VT82C596A ISA" rev
0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000
acpi at mainbus0 not configured
cpu0 at mainbus0
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8601 PCI" rev 0x05
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT82C601 AGP" rev 0x00
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Trident CyberBlade i1" rev 0x6a
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT82C686 ISA" rev 0x40
pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA100,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to
compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST340016A>
wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 38166MB, 78165360 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITE-ON, DVDRW LH-20A1P, KL0N> SCSI0
5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4
uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 12
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 12
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
"VIA VT82C686 SMBus" rev 0x40 at pci0 dev 7 function 4 not configured
rl0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11, address
00:01:80:20:88:ab
rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pccom1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask f7e5 netmask ffe5 ttymask ffe7
rd0: fixed, 3800 blocks
dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on rd0a
rootdev=0x1100 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02
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Rod/
>From the land "down under": Australia.
Do we look <umop apisdn> from up over?
