DS10 install not working

[dnovak1 <dnovak1%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,
  I’m trying to install NetBSD on a DEC/Compaq DS10 Alpha via the ISO
image.  I’ve tried 9.3 and 8.0, and in both cases it fails, and I get
similar, if slightly different, output.


On 8.0, when I start the install after disk setup, I see the following errors:

acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0: unbusy timed
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0: unbusy timed
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0: unbusy timed
…repeat…


In the end the install fails.  On the 8.0 I get the following when it fails:

  Status: Command failed
  Command: /sbin/mount –rt cd9660 /dev/cd89a /mnt2


On 9.2, when I start the install after disk setup, I see the following errors:

sdc_atapi_intr: bad data phas DATAOUT
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
stray isa irq
acerid0:1:0 unbusy timed out
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0 unbusy timed out
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0 unbusy timed out
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
acerid0:1:0 unbusy timed out
…repeat…
cd0c: error reading fsbn 0 of 0-3 (cd0 bn0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0)
acerid0:1:0 unbusy timed out
acerid0:1:0: reset failed
...


In the end the install fails, and I get the following output:
“ Could not locate a CD medium in any drive with the distribution sets!
 Enter the correct data manually, or insert a disk and retry”


It looks like it’s having an issue mounting/using the CD-ROM, which is
weird, as I’ve installed many other things using the same drive
without issues, both before and after the NetBSD install attempt.

I’ve tried the HTTP/FTP install, but the boot image does not see the
3rd NIC I have installed, and for network reasons I need to use that
one as opposed to 2 on the motherboard that it sees.  So likewise, NFS
is not an option.

The DS10 does have a floppy drive though, although the idea of making
and juggling around 150, 3.5” disks seems a bit crazy these days.

So any ideas what’s going wrong?  And how to fix it?

  Thank you,
  David