Subject: port-i386/26373: Booting install CD hangs
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: None <steve.shockley@shockley.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/19/2004 22:57:38
>Number:         26373
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       Booting install CD hangs
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jul 20 01:22:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steve Shockley
>Release:        1.6.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
Haven't gotten it to boot yet; it's a Thinkpad 600 2645-41u.
>Description:
When booting from the NetBSD 1.6.2 CD (from ISO), it hangs at this point:

>How-To-Repeat:
Boot from ISO burned to CD.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
 >> NetBSD/i386 BIOS Boot, Revision 2.13
 >> (autobuild@tgm.netbsd.org, Tue Feb 10 21:35:10 UTC 2004)
 >> Memory: 638/228160k
 Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
 booting hd11a:netbsd - starting in 0
 3233280/
 
 The / spins for a few seconds, then stops.  CD works fine in other machines.
 
 Someone else had the same problem:
 
 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&forumid=14&threadid=204842