openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

openbsd gurus, As my saga continues... I have a newly built server on which I am attempting to install openbsd 4.0. Problems occurred on install of sets, where comp set keeps throwing errors. Suggestion was made that it was probably a bad CD. Try a previous CD of an earlier version. I had 3.9

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

Maxim, > >set keeps throwing errors. Suggestion was made that it was probably > >a bad CD. Try a previous CD of an earlier version. I had 3.9 > >available. The logs of the attempts are posted at: > > In my case when I had the same problem it was the CD-rom reader that > was bad. Replacing cdr

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

I've seen this before. On old HP gear. Is your HP? Only FreeBSD would run on the system. NetBSD/OpenBSD dead in the water. Some obscure bug when the I/O went up (Symbios SCSI). One of many reason why I want nothing to do with HP (H-PHUX) ever again. Anyway, how about underclocking your Du

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

John Mendenhall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So, based on these logs, from different openbsd cd versions, > my hypothesis is there is some weird sort of hardware problem. > My question is, what tools do you all use to determine where > the hardware problem could be? google turns up a few referen

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

> Things to try (in any order you please): > 1. check IDE cables > 2. check whether Master/Slave/CS settings are correct > 3. In case Brian is right, you might want to put CD on the same cable > as hd0, to slow-down IDE. > 4. also check where you disks are connected - to IDE bus or to ATA-133 > con

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

Peter, > google turns up a few references on various BSD mailing list for the > search string "OpenBSD ffs_valloc: dup alloc". No clear cut > solutions, but the popular suspicion runs in the direction of buggy > (S)ATA controllers or, of course, possibly subtle, hard to trigger > bugs in the oper

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

Brian, > I've seen this before. On old HP gear. Is your HP? Only FreeBSD would > run on the system. NetBSD/OpenBSD dead in the water. Some obscure bug > when the I/O went up (Symbios SCSI). > > One of many reason why I want nothing to do with HP (H-PHUX) ever again. > > Anyway, how about

Re: openbsd 3.9, openbsd 4.0 install errors, most likely hardware

> > Anyway, how about underclocking your Duron some? Reset the BIOS timings > > and power levels to failsafe? The old K7+VIA Chipset boards were a rough > > crowd. > > This is a custom white box server, all put together. > It is not an HP. > I will try to reset the bios timings and power level