On 3/11/2007, at 9:59 AM, Chris Zakelj wrote:
Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
ASC/ASCQ 0x11/0x06 would appear to mean "CIRC Unrecovered Error".
These values are listed in /usr/src/sys/scsi_base.c, line 1207 and
following. The error text is left out of install kernels to save
space.
Kenneth obviously followed my thought processes and posted more or
less exactly what I found ...
That explains the *what* (sort of), but not the why. Given that
this occurs on four different systems, with four different drives,
with upwards of eight different IDE cables (both 40- and 80-
conductor), and that it's across multiple releases and multiple
CD's, there has to be something I'm doing wrong. I'm just at a
loss as to what.
... but it doesn't really give you any pointers.
I cannot see what what you are doing wrong that would affect the
installation - have you tried following the instructions TO THE
LETTER? From your previous post, it would seem not ... (not saying
that you are doing anything wrong, just something different.)
FROM PREVIOUS POST:
Initial label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)
> n a
mount point: [none] /
> p
device: /dev/rwd0c
type: ESDI
disk: ESDI/IDE disk
label: WDC WD800JD-00LS
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 255
sectors/cylinder: 16065
cylinders: 9729
total sectors: 156301488
free sectors: 151027065
rpm: 3600
16 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
a: 4208967 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /
b: 1060290 4209030 swap
c: 156301488 0 unused 0 0
END
If you follow the instructions to the letter (obviously you'll end up
with a rather large home partition ...) do you get the same
behaviour? I cannot see how HD partitioning would affect CD
reading; but assume nothing until proven.
Do you know what these messages below (from your dmesg) actually mean
- would they have any impact (unlikely, I know, but worth checking?)
Anything similar in the other machines that fail? What brands /
BIOSes / CDs / DVDs on the other machines - anything in common there?
FROM PREVIOUS POST:
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
pciide1 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 vendor "SiS", unknown product 0x0183
rev 0x01: DMA (unsupported), channel 0 wired to native
-PCI, channel 1 wired to native-PCI
END
Sorry if this is not particularly useful - but I'm trying to figure
out what is is that you do differently to me - I have have installed
3.8 onwards on i386 from 475 Mhz to 2.x Ghz via CD successfully most
of the time (one bogus CD and one burner - see below - that didn't
like OpenBSD.)
Seems unlikely that you'd be unlucky enough to have 5 bogus CDs or
BIOSes, or CD/DVD drives (I did have one DVD burner that OpenBSD did
not like - sporadic errors *like* yours but too long ago for me to
say for certain - but Windows seems happy enough with the drive.) Or
maybe you have really upset someone somewhere? 8-)
Can you borrow a CD / DVD burner from someone else?
I'll leave it at that - I would try following the instructions to the
letter just to eliminate that; then you'll have to try other CD/DVD
drives.
The more I think about it, the more my brain is telling me that the
issue I had with the DVD burner gave me the same behaviour as you are
reporting - boots OK, initial installation OK, fails on installation
of sets. But might be a false memory from thinking about it too
long! I bought a Pioneer DVD (more expensive that the Dick Smith's
one) and it did not work with OpenBSD - but it was OK with Windows.
Got the cheaper drive, and all was well. But can you really be that
unlucky to get *FIVE* CD/DVD drives that don't work?
