Problems installing on Sager Laptop

[Jerry Sloan]

Jerry Sloan wrote:

> Brooks Davis wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:00:44PM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Brooks Davis wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:49:40AM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote:
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>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> I am attempting to do an ftp install of FreeBSD release on an 
>>>>> older Sager laptop. Pentium MMX. I go through the floppy part and 
>>>>> when I am able to setup partitions it says No Disk found. The boot 
>>>>> floppy finds the disk as disk1. Any and all help will be appreciated.
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> You're going to have to provide a lot more information for use to do
>>>> anything for you.
>>>>
>>>> Which version of FreeBSD are you using?  What do you mean by "The boot
>>>> floppy finds the disk as disk1"?  Can you see anything that looks 
>>>> like a
>>>> disk drive or controler in the dmesg?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Sorry for not being more specific. I am trying to install 5.3 
>>> Release over the net. When I boot from the boot floppy to do the 
>>> setup one of the first things I see on the screen BIOS drive c: 
>>> =disk1. I'm not sure if a controller or hard drive is showing in 
>>> dmesg since it moves by so fast, and it isn't being created anywhere.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Appearing in the BIOS means that the BIOS knows how to talk to it,
>> nothing more nothing less.  For all we know it could be a clay-tablet
>> printer/scanner system. :-)  It would be really nice if you could find a
>> way to get the dmesg, but I'm not sure what sort of options you'll have.
>> Perhaps a fixit floppy.
>>
>> Could you try 4.10 or a 4.11 RC?  It seems likely you have an ATA
>> controller that we aren't supporting, but it's hard to say.  It's
>> entirely possible it's supported in an older version and support was
>> accidentally dropped because no one else has such a beast.  Certainly
>> Pentium class laptops tend to be a bit weird.  I wouldn't really expect
>> one to work well with 5.3.
>>
>> -- Brooks
>>
>>  
>>
> I have 4.5 also, so I am trying that. You are probably right. I am 
> only doing this so I can work on a CGI project propped up in bed in 
> the evenings..hahahah
>
> Thanks
> Jerry
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Ok, that didn't work either..but I did get this from when it was booting
ata0-master timeout waiting for int
ata0-master identity failed

Jerry