i386/119809: Install hung - Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0

[Michael Faklis]

Thank you for the response.

The machine hangs for as long as I let it go (up to an hour).

I'm trying to install 6.3 into Virtual PC on an XP Pro host.  It emulates a
floppy, and that cannot be disabled, even if I remove the physical floppy
drive.  Virtual PC is difference than Virtual Server (referenced in PR
kern/91476).  I haven't tried installing 6.3 into Virtual Server.

I have to plead ignorance on how and where to set variables when booting
from a CD (attempting install).  If I wanted to rebuild the kernel as shown
in PR kern/91476, I'd have to do so in 6.2.  Would I download the 6.3 source
from 6.2, rebuild and install in that environment?

-- 
Michael Faklis, Computer Scientist    Mailto:Michael_Faklis at EvolSwSys.net
Evolutionary Software Systems         Phone:  (415) 378-9461
4644 Geary Boulevard, PMB #173
San Francisco, California 94118-2907  Http://www.EvolSwSys.net/

-----Original Message-----
From: gavin at FreeBSD.org [mailto:gavin at FreeBSD.org] 
Sent: Sunday, 2008 January 27 08:12
To: Michael_Faklis at EvolSwSys.net; gavin at FreeBSD.org;
freebsd-i386 at FreeBSD.org; gavin at FreeBSD.org
Subject: [SPAM] Re: i386/119809: Install hung - Trying to mount root from
ufs:/dev/md0

Synopsis: Install hung - Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/md0

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: gavin
State-Changed-When: Sun Jan 27 16:08:04 UTC 2008
State-Changed-Why: 
How long does the machine hang for?  Have you tried waiting say 10
minutes?  I suspect you are seeing the same problem as is in 
PR kern/91476.  Can you try disabling the floppy controller from the
loader with
set hint.fdc.0.disabled="1"
and seeing if that makes any difference?


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-i386->gavin
Responsible-Changed-By: gavin
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Jan 27 16:08:04 UTC 2008
Responsible-Changed-Why: 
Track

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=119809