From: mufurcz (mufurcziinet.net.au)
Date: Wed Dec 12 2007 - 05:20:22 CST

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Richard Toohey wrote:
> On 12/12/2007, at 8:38 PM, Ioan Nemes wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Try to install OpenBSD 4.2 i386 on a new HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form
>> Factor,
>> but when it comes to install the software sets from the CD, the install
>> fails:
> [cut]
>> Which one contains the install media? (or `done`) [cd0]
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> --
>> it stops here, blanks out!
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> --
>>
>> During boot the cd0 works OK (is seems), and it is recognized as:
>>
>> cd0 at scsibus0 targ0 lun0: <TSSTcorp, CDW/DWD TS-H493A, CD067 SCSI0
>> 5/cdrom
>> removable
>> cd0(pciide0:1:0) using PIO mode 4, Ultra DMA mode 5
>>
>>
> [cut]
>
> Have you eliminated the obvious? For example ...
>
> Does the CD work on other machines - can you install OpenBSD off the
> same CD?
The CD is a copy of the official release. I always buy the official
release as I need the sparc64
and amd64 CDs, but I never use the original CDs for install. I used
this CD to install OpenBSD
without any drama on my laptop (ThinkPad T60).
> Does the machine work with other CDs (Linux, Windows, whatever?)
Will test tomorrow 4.1, 4.0 and Ubantu 6.06
> Can you get another OpenBSD CD to try?
>
> There is the really-old-machine issue recently on misc - I've had
> something similar with a scratched CD (but get errors rather than
> blank output.)
This is a brad new, unused machine, I pulled out from the box, modified
some of the dummy
BIOS settings, plugged in the second NIC, wiped out Windblon and I tried
to install OpenBSD 4.2

ioan

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