Nick Holland wrote:
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:
...
Let's install the sets!
Location of sets? (cd disk ftp or `done`) [cd]
Available CD-ROMs are: cd0
Which one contains the install media? (or `done`) [cd0]
--
it stops here, blanks out!
--
During boot the cd0 works OK (is seems),
which means nothing, as that's under BIOS control. One kinda hopes
that if the manufacturer puts a CDROM on a new machine that it can
actually boot an OS off the CDROM drive.
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
hm. Pretty fast drive. SATA, perhaps?
Yes, is one of those SATA(nic) DVD-ROM, the motherboard is `clean` of
PATA connectors
(unfortunately). HP thinks that you don't want to use anymore your PATA
disks/CD-DVD-ROMs,
and as the Windblown image is already on the disk, why bother!
I wouldn't buy these systems, in fact I stopped buying (years ago) HP
servers, but I like it or not(!)
I have to have them. Dot. Purchasing policy is above everything else!
CPU: Intel (R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86 GHz
Processor Speed 1867/1066 MHz
Processor Stepping 000006F2 00000056
Cache Size (L1/L2) 128/2048Kb
Memory size 1024MB DDR/667MHz Dual Channel
System BIOS 786E1 v01.10
funny how people always want to tell us stuff about the processor.
ITS NOT THE PROCESSOR. It's the support stuff AROUND the processor.
In your case, it's probably the CDROM or the interface for it.
Actually, that is my mistake (I cut and copy the CPU info from my
install notes accidentally),
the only info (I thought) would be of interest is the BIOS release
number. If.
I'm not sure what you mean by "blanks out" (stops dead? Screen goes
blank?), but doesn't sound like what we want.
Once you `agree` that the sets should be installed for cd0a `Which one
contains the install
media? (or `done`) [cd0]` and you press the <Enter> key, the CD-ROM
spins a few times,
then the lights goes out, the CD-ROM stops spinning, nothing moves,
cursor disappears, no
message on the console (though, you would except one!). Finish, kaput,
defeated, destroyed,
life ended!
1) If you don't need the CDROM in production, what happens if you
do an FTP install? I suspect that will work fine.
Had no time to test the ftp install, but I suspect that it will
succeed, because the SATA(nic)
CD-ROM drive will not be involved.
2) If you need a CDROM, try a dull, ordinary PATA drive
Not possible, the system has no PATA connectors! Exterminated by HP. RIP!
3) if you need THAT CDROM drive, try a snapshot.
The CD-ROM drive is not needed.
I do believe I have heard there may still be some issues on SATA
CD/DVD drives. Don't quote me on that.
Won't quote you - but, the default BIOS setting is to boot form the
CD-ROM drive. I suppose
(hope), that booting an OS (and I am thinking of Windblown) from the
CD-ROM had been tested
by the manufacturer. However, I have no problem donating the CD-ROM
drive - if helps. Tell
me the address where to send it.
Ioan
