Austin Hook wrote:
I understand that some people have experienced boot problems with CD #1 in
the new 4.2 release set, mainly with older machines. There are cases
where the same CD works with a newer machine, but fails to boot with an
older one. I presume this means the track alignment is marginal in some
cases.
I am not tracking misc@
We would like to send out replacement CD's for anyone with those problems
so that we can see if the problem is with all CDs of the current release,
or only with some of them.
Please contact me if you have seen this problem.
Austin Hook
OpenBSD distribution
Milk River, AB
I installed 4.2 on new system without any problems.
I tried to install 4.2 on an old p3-500 that currently has 4.1 installed.
The system was set to boot off CD first but it would not boot. It would
look at the CD and then boot off the hard drive.
I tried multiple times and confirmed the BIOS settings.
I wiped the drive and tried again.
I received errors similar to those listed below when trying to boot from
the CD.
(this was from a post when I was tracing the problem.)
I booted from a 4.2 current disk I had created a few weeks ago and then
put the 4.2 CD mailed to me in the drive when it came time to extract
the files and everything is working.
If you want me to get the exact error message or if you need any other
information, please let me know.
You do not need to send me a replacement CD, but if you would like me to
test a CD I will be happy to test it.
Order number 2007/10/17-15:22:15-30930
Thank you and the whole OpenBSD team for your work and dedication,
Victor Camacho
Errors when booting from 4.2 CD:
open(hd0a:/etc/boot.conf): Invalid argument
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd: open hd0a:/bsd: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /obsd
boot>
booting hd0a:/obsd: open hd0a:/obsd: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /bsd.old
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd.old: open hd0a:/bsd.old: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /bsd
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd: open hd0a:/bsd: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /obsd
boot>
booting hd0a:/obsd: open hd0a:/obsd: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /bsd.old
boot>
booting hd0a:/bsd.old: open hd0a:/bsd.old: Invalid argument
failed(22). will try /bsd
Turning timeout off
boot>
