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