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. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
