Richard Toohey wrote:
On 12/12/2007, at 8:38 PM, Ioan Nemes wrote:
Greetings,
Try to install OpenBSD 4.2 i386 on a new HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form
Factor,
but when it comes to install the software sets from the CD, the install
fails:
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Which one contains the install media? (or `done`) [cd0]
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it stops here, blanks out!
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During boot the cd0 works OK (is seems), and it is recognized as:
cd0 at scsibus0 targ0 lun0: <TSSTcorp, CDW/DWD TS-H493A, CD067 SCSI0
5/cdrom
removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0) using PIO mode 4, Ultra DMA mode 5
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Have you eliminated the obvious? For example ...
Does the CD work on other machines - can you install OpenBSD off the
same CD?
The CD is a copy of the official release. I always buy the official
release as I need the sparc64
and amd64 CDs, but I never use the original CDs for install. I used
this CD to install OpenBSD
without any drama on my laptop (ThinkPad T60).
Does the machine work with other CDs (Linux, Windows, whatever?)
Will test tomorrow 4.1, 4.0 and Ubantu 6.06
Can you get another OpenBSD CD to try?
There is the really-old-machine issue recently on misc@ - I've had
something similar with a scratched CD (but get errors rather than
blank output.)
This is a brad new, unused machine, I pulled out from the box, modified
some of the dummy
BIOS settings, plugged in the second NIC, wiped out Windblon and I tried
to install OpenBSD 4.2
ioan
