Dell Dimension E521 install

[Paul Root]

My other thought on the matter is to install a serial port and boot  
headless.

On Oct 24, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Paul Root wrote:

> Hi,
> 	I just got an e521 (Athlon 64 x@ 3800, 1 gig, ...) and I'm trying  
> to install 6.1,
> 6.2 Beta 2 on it. I get a panic on the ohci with everything I do.  
> safe mode, single
> user, no apci, etc. Using i386 and amd64.
>
> 	I tried sending to questions, but got only 1 response, asking if I  
> used safe
> mode.
>
> 	The e521 has no PS/2 ports, only usb.
>
> 	The errors look like this: (sorry, there may be missing parts),  
> you get 15 seconds
> to write it down.
>
>
> uhub0: device problem (SET_ADDR_FAILED) disabling port 8
> atkbdc0: <keyboard control (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 at atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0 [GIANT-LOCKED]
> sc0 ....
> ...
> panic: ohci_add_done: addr 0x3bef1ba0 not found
>
>
> So, I'm thinking a couple of things.
>
> 1. It's trying to add in the PS/2 keyboard, even though it's not  
> there.
> 2. kdbmux is not adding the USB keyboard.
>
>
> So I installed the disk on another machine. And made the mistake of  
> not adding ifconfig
> to the rc.conf. I built a kernel,taking out unneeded stuff. But I  
> left in the atkbd devices,
> I think that was a mistake. I'm trying to build a new kernel. I'm  
> also unsure as to the fstab,
> I think it's wrong.
>
> I'm trying to create a zip250 drive that will boot, on an old machine.