Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133

From: Chris Wall (chris.wall_at_cbrworld.com)
Date: 11/29/04

  • Next message: Stacey Roberts: "Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133" 
    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:28:42 -0600
To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org

    Stacey Roberts wrote:

    >Hi Chris,
    >
    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "Chris Wall <chris.wall@cbrworld.com>"
    >To: To Stacey Roberts
    >Date: Mon, 29 Nov, 2004 15:48 GMT
    >Subject: Re: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133
    >
    >
    >
    >>Stacey Roberts wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>Hi Mark,
    >>>
    >>>----- Original Message -----
    >>>From: "Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>"
    >>>To: To freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
    >>>Date: Mon, 29 Nov, 2004 07:17 GMT
    >>>Subject: Cannot install 5.3 on tyan tiger 133
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Recently I decided to make the switch from 4.x to 5.x, now that 5 has
    >>>>moved to stable. So about a week ago I installed 5.3 on my workstation
    >>>>machine, a Tyan Trinity 400. All went well, so yesterday I decided to do
    >>>>my "server" - a Tyan Tiger 133. Since these shared the same chipset I
    >>>>thought all would go well too.
    >>>>
    >>>>Not the case, I cannot even boot from the 5.3 cd - the machine hangs or
    >>>>reboots immediately upon trying to boot the (I get a fleeting glance at
    >>>>the drive mappings, that is all). I have verified the checksums on the
    >>>>iso image I used (and the same cd installed the Trinity with no problems)
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>I've got the same problem here on a Tyan Tiger 230
    >>>(http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tiger230.html). As well as with your
    >>>experiences, I can't seem to boot two sets of FreeBSD-5.3 REL CD-ROM sets
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>from different suppliers. Here's what I get with any of the 5.3 REL
    >>
    >>
    >>>installation cd's:
    >>>
    >>>Just at the point where you'd expect the /sbin/loader bit to start that
    >>>goes into the FreeBSD boot process, I get lots of (what appears to be hex
    >>>numbers) gibberish scrolling up the screen. Like you I thought that I
    >>>might have a faulty cdrom drive, but swapping in a (sealed) drive produced
    >>>the same results.
    >>>
    >>>However, the FreeBSD-4.10 REL cd's do appear to "start" working through
    >>>the installation, but then I get lots of errors / warnings as follows:
    >>>
    >>>acdo: MODE_SENSE_BIG command timeout - resetting
    >>>ata1: resetting devices... done
    >>>
    >>>These scroll up the screen for ages and do not appear to be going anywhere
    >>>- at which point I power down the system.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>This machine was running 4.10, and in case I have a suddenly bad cdrom,
    >>>>I have installed 5.1 (the only other 5.x series I have lying around),
    >>>>which completes fine.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>I've not got 5.1, but I did try the 5.2.1 CD-ROM Set (from BSDMall) as
    >>>well with the same failure. What I was able to do is successfully install
    >>>MS Windows 2K Pro, 2K Server & Fedora Core-3 on the same hardware over the
    >>>last few hours - in fact, its now running Fedora Core-3 (apparently)
    >>>happily. I've attached the dmesg from the Fedora install for anyone that
    >>>might be intested in what the problem might be.
    >>>
    >>>Regards,
    >>>
    >>>Stacey
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Any ideas?
    >>>>
    >>>>More detailed specs on the machine:
    >>>>
    >>>>- Tyan Tiger 133 (S1834 Rev G)
    >>>>- 2xPIII 700/100/256 , 2G RAM, Promise TX2000, 2xMaxtor Plus 8 ATA-133 40G
    >>>>
    >>>>regards
    >>>>
    >>>>Mark
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    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>I didn't have any problems with my Tiger 133, although I am running a
    >>SCSI disk setup.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I've got only SCSI disks on my system:
    >2 x QUANTUM Model: ATLAS10K3_18_WLS Rev: 020W
    >
    >Running off of a Tekram DC-390U3W card:
    >sym0:1: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62)
    >
    >Its an SMP set up:
    >2 x Intel Pentium III 866:
    >Intel machine check architecture supported.
    >Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.
    >CPU1: Intel Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping 0a
    >Total of 2 processors activated (3432.44 BogoMIPS).
    >ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
    >..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=-1
    >checking TSC synchronization across 2 CPUs: passed.
    >Brought up 2 CPUs
    >zapping low mappings.
    >
    >Keeping in mind that the above output is from Fedora-Core3 built on the same machine early this morning..,
    >
    >Did you install from FreeBSD-5.3 REL cd's?
    >
    >Regards,
    >
    >Stacey
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >>Processors 2
    >>Model Intel Pentium III
    >>Chip MHz 800 MHz
    >>PCI Devices agp0: VIA 82C691 (Apollo Pro) host to PCI bridge
    >>pcib1: PCI-PCI bridge
    >>isab0: PCI-ISA bridge
    >>atapci0: VIA 82C596B UDMA66 controller
    >>ahc0: Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter
    >>fxp0: Intel 82558 Pro/100 Ethernet
    >>IDE Devices /none/
    >>SCSI Devices cd0: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-305 1.06
    >>da0: IBM DNES-318350W SA30 (Capacity: 17.93 GB)
    >>
    >>Chris
    >>
    >>
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    >
    >
    Yes, I first upgraded from 5.2, then I did a fresh install from the
    5.3-RELEASE CDs and didn't experence a problem on either method. I also
    have a Tyan 230T that was talked about in this thread that didn't give
    me any problems either. Now all I run on this server is a web site, so
    it is base install plus Apache, PHP, etc. - no X or desktops. I
    remember that there were two types of Tiger 133's one with ISA and one
    without (mine is without ISA slot).
    Chris
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