Re: Install hangs after kernel load

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 11:17:02AM -0700, Jeff Simmons wrote:
> I have an HP Vectra computer, presently running linux (Red Hat 9), that I 
> want to install OpenBSD on (removing linux entirely).  The problem is that 
> the install hangs right after the kernel loads, the last message is:
> 
> rd0: fixed, 3560 blocks
> wd0: no disk label
> root on rd0a
> rootdev=0x110 rrootdev=0x2f00 rawdev=0x2f02
> 
> After this the machine hangs.

Was your kernel in the first 8Gb of the root partition?

You might want to try the latest snapshot as well, since the LBA code is quite
improved from 3.3, and may fix your problem.

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Anil Madhavapeddy                                   http://anil.recoil.org
University of Cambridge                            http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk