On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 01:55:51PM +0000, Frank Petitjean wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install NetBSD on my hard disk. 
> My IDE controler is a VIA VT82C586A that seems to be supported by NetBSD.
> 
> The CDROM boots without any problem.
> The only strange thing is that the disk geometry that is detectd by NetBSD is 
> 1024 Cylinders 255 heads 63sectors instead of a BIOS geometry of 9729/255/63LBA
> 
> Every thing is Ok until I am asked for the device and the directory from where 
> I want install. I leave the default parameters (device=cd0a and dir=/i386/
> binary/sets)
> Then I have the error message "cd0(viaide0:1:0) non media hardware failure" and 
> the installation stops.

Are you sure your CD is properly burned ? Did you try to read the files in
there from another OS or another box ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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