Re: Can't boot the install CD on a *physical* machine.

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

2009/10/19 Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>:
> 2009/10/19 Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>:
>> No idea, but I just tried with an amd64 iso image created from sources
>> updated just a couple hours ago, and it fails on my system, too.
>>
>> It gets as far as displaying the message
>>
>>        NetBSD/x86 cd9660 Primary Bootstrap
>>
>> and then it just sits there.

That was the case on the two laptops I tried; on another couple of
machines it complained that the CD is not readable.

>>
>> Whatever the problem it, it appears to be common to both i386 and amd64
>> ports.
>
> At least I am happy it's not me this time ...

I cvs updated my tree this lunch time and rebuilt upto ISO for
5.99.21, which now happily boots on hardware. No other changes were
made, same spindle of crappy CD-Rs lying around for a few years, same
writer did the burning...

Here you are...

Updated a system (from 5.99.19 to 21) with no issues whatsoever from the CD.

>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2009, Kurt Schreiner wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 03:08:18PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> OK, it may be something local, but I've tested it on some four
>>>> different machines with the same result.
>>>>
>>>> I cannot boot anymore the NetBSD-current (i386) install CD on a
>>>> physical machine.
>>>>
>>>> The ISO file boots fine under VirtualBox.
>>>>
>>>> And no, it is not a problem with the CD either - the physical CD also
>>>> boots fine under VirtualBox.
>>>>
>>>> Same CD on a physical machine gives me either just the first line of
>>>> the message - and then waits forever - or a message that it cannot
>>>> read the CD.
>>>>
>>>> This happens with both self-compiled 5.99.20 (and a few versions
>>>> earlier - the last one I was able to boot was AFAIR 5.99.15) and with
>>>> boot.iso downloaded this morning from releng.netbsd.org.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Sorry, no idea, but same here since some time with amd64 isos: Written
>>> to CD isos created from -current sources don't boot on any real hardware
>>> (created the CDs on NetBSD and Solaris, used CDs from differend
>>> manufacturers, tried booting on differend machines - doesn't matter).
>>> Isos boot fine in VirtualBox or Vmware (not tried the pysical CDs).
>>>
>>> Kurt
>>>
>>>
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Chavdar Ivanov

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