Here is a rough dump of the attempted install: cannot open cd0a:/etc/random.seed: No such file or directory booting cd0a:/5.5/i386/bsd.rd: 6038804+425032 [72+234464+223327]=0x699f80 entry point at 0x200120
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995-2014 OpenBSD. All rights reserved. http://www.OpenBSD.org OpenBSD 5.5 (RAMDISK_CD) #229: Wed Mar 5 10:13:54 MST 2014 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 1300MHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.31 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE,PERF real mem = 527953920 (503MB) avail mem = 512069632 (488MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 02/27/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfb4b0, SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0800 (35 entries) bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "6.00 PG" date 02/27/2002 bios0: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: sleep states S0 S1 S4 S5 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc000 cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "VIA VT8601 PCI" rev 0x05 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "VIA VT82C601 AGP" rev 0x00 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Trident CyberBlade i1" rev 0x6a wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) pcib0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "VIA VT82C686 ISA" rev 0x40 pciide0 at pci0 dev 7 function 1 "VIA VT82C571 IDE" rev 0x06: ATA100, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 6Y080L0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 78167MB, 160086528 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATAPI-CD, ROM-DRIVE-52MAX, 52AW> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 5 uhci1 at pci0 dev 7 function 3 "VIA VT83C572 USB" rev 0x1a: irq 5 "VIA VT82C686 SMBus" rev 0x40 at pci0 dev 7 function 4 not configured rl0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11, address 00:01:80:0f:2b:94 rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal PHY isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo com0: console pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "VIA UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 softraid0 at root scsibus1 at softraid0: 256 targets root on rd0a swap on rd0b dump on rd0b erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T Welcome to the OpenBSD/i386 5.5 installation program. (I)nstall, (U)pgrade, (A)utoinstall or (S)hell? i At any prompt except password prompts you can escape to a shell by typing '!'. Default answers are shown in []'s and are selected by pressing RETURN. You can exit this program at any time by pressing Control-C, but this can leave your system in an inconsistent state. Terminal type? [vt220] System hostname? (short form, e.g. 'foo') foo Available network interfaces are: rl0 vlan0. Which network interface do you wish to configure? (or 'done') [rl0] IPv4 address for rl0? (or 'dhcp' or 'none') [dhcp] Issuing hostname-associated DHCP request for rl0. DHCPDISCOVER on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1 DHCPOFFER from 192.168.80.254 (80:1f:02:c9:d7:2e) DHCPREQUEST on rl0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.80.254 (80:1f:02:c9:d7:2e) bound to 192.168.80.251 -- renewal in 43200 seconds. IPv6 address for rl0? (or 'rtsol' or 'none') [none] Available network interfaces are: rl0 vlan0. Which network interface do you wish to configure? (or 'done') [done] Using DNS domainname witworx.com.com Using DNS nameservers at 192.168.80.1 Password for root account? (will not echo) Password for root account? (again) Start sshd(8) by default? [yes] Start ntpd(8) by default? [no] Do you expect to run the X Window System? [yes] no Change the default console to com0? [no] Setup a user? (enter a lower-case loginname, or 'no') [no] What timezone are you in? ('?' for list) [Australia/Sydney] Available disks are: wd0. Which disk is the root disk? ('?' for details) [wd0] Use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab? [yes] Disk: wd0 geometry: 9964/255/63 [160086528 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 Starting Ending LBA Info: #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused *3: A6 0 1 2 - 9963 254 63 [ 64: 160071596 ] OpenBSD Use (W)hole disk, use the (O)penBSD area, or (E)dit the MBR? [OpenBSD] The auto-allocated layout for wd0 is: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 1024.0M 64 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # / b: 759.5M 2097216 swap c: 78167.2M 0 unused d: 4096.0M 3652672 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /tmp e: 5103.0M 12041248 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /var f: 2048.0M 22492160 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr g: 1024.0M 26686464 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr/X11R6 h: 9147.2M 28783616 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr/local i: 2048.0M 47517056 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr/src j: 2048.0M 51711360 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /usr/obj k: 50862.3M 55905664 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /home Use (A)uto layout, (E)dit auto layout, or create (C)ustom layout? [a] /dev/rwd0a: 1024.0MB in 2097152 sectors of 512 bytes 6 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0k: 50862.3MB in 104165920 sectors of 512 bytes 252 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0d: 4096.0MB in 8388576 sectors of 512 bytes 21 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0f: 2048.0MB in 4194304 sectors of 512 bytes 11 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0g: 1024.0MB in 2097152 sectors of 512 bytes 6 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0h: 9147.2MB in 18733440 sectors of 512 bytes 46 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0j: 2048.0MB in 4194304 sectors of 512 bytes 11 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0i: 2048.0MB in 4194304 sectors of 512 bytes 11 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/rwd0e: 5103.0MB in 10450912 sectors of 512 bytes 26 cylinder groups of 202.47MB, 12958 blocks, 25984 inodes each /dev/wd0a (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.a) on /mnt type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local) /dev/wd0k (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.k) on /mnt/home type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/wd0d (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.d) on /mnt/tmp type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/wd0f (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.f) on /mnt/usr type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev) /dev/wd0g (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.g) on /mnt/usr/X11R6 type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev) /dev/wd0h (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.h) on /mnt/usr/local type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev) /dev/wd0j (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.j) on /mnt/usr/obj type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/wd0i (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.i) on /mnt/usr/src type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) /dev/wd0e (5ca1ee6eb87feca6.e) on /mnt/var type ffs (rw, asynchronous, local, nodev, nosuid) Let's install the sets! Location of sets? (cd disk ftp http or 'done') [cd] Available CD-ROMs are: cd0. Which CD-ROM contains the install media? (or 'done') [cd0] cd0(atapiscsi0:0:0): Check Condition (error 0x70) on opcode 0x28 SENSE KEY: Aborted Command ASC/ASCQ: ASC 0x00 ASCQ 0x00 uvm_fault(0xd0800c70, 0x39a17000, 0, 1) -> e fatal page fault (6) in supervisor mode trap type 6 code 0 eip d02055b3 cs 50 eflags 10282 cr2 39a17506 cpl 50 panic: trap type 6, code=0, pc=d02055b3 syncing disks... done dumping to dev 1101, offset 0 dump area unavailable rebooting... <EOF> Any gurus who can enlighten me? And let me fix 5.6? I live in hope :-) *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ --- This life is not the real thing. It is not even in Beta. If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.