On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 11:36:14PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 01:08:04AM -0500, Michael White wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm attempting my first install of OpenBSD (version 3.9) on an HP Omnibook
> > 800CT (Pentium 166, 80 MB RAM, 4.3 GB HD, 3COM 3CXEM556 Carbus Ethernet
> > card), coming over from RH9.0. One peculiarity of the 800CTs is that the
> > SCSI CDROM is not bootable, so I'm down to booting with floppies.
> >
> > I first attempted to boot from "floppyC39.fs", since that's supposed to be
> > the
> > image for laptops. Well, it does recognize my Ethernet card, but seems to
> > choke on the hard drive. After recognizing the Ethernet card, I see the
> > following:
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > wd0(wdc0:0:0): timeout
> > type: ata
> > c_bcount: 512
> > c_skip: 0
> > wd0(wdc0:0:0): timeout
> > type: ata
> > c_bcount: 512
> > c_skip: 0
> > WARNING: preposterous time in file system
> > WARNING: file system time much less than clock time
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > After that, the machine is locked up. So I boot from "floppy39.fs"
> > instead.
> > That had no problem with the hard drive. I was able to successfully
> > partition the drive. But that image does not recognize my Ethernet card,
> > so
> > I'm unable to retrieve any images (didn't see an option for PPP).
> >
> > Even after formatting the hard drive under the "floppy39.s" floppy, the
> > "floppyC39.fs" floppy chokes on the hard drive.
> >
> > Is there any way to combine the two capabilities? I.e. dropping to the
> > shell,
>
> Do you know if either or both of those recognize your CD? If so, you can
> download the install sets and burn them on CD, and do your install from
> there w/out ethernet. If you've got access to a burner that's probably
> the simpler way to go. Or try out the Xircom and see if it works.
Be aware, though, that (not all|many) older CD drives do not recognize
(all|most|some|any) burned CDs.
Joachim
