Re: Help! Install stops at "Making all device nodes...".

[Al Oomens <aloomens@yahoo.com>]

And I looked through the FAQ to! I should have done a
search on Compaq! Will there still be a memory issue
after the install? Assuming I use the workaround to
get through the install issue?

Thanks!

--- Nick Holland <nick@holland-consulting.net> wrote:
> Al Oomens wrote:
> > 
> > After unsucessfully trying to install OpenBSD
> several
> > times, I am in need of some help. The installation
...
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> not too many details...such as, what version of
> OpenBSD, etc.
> A lot of machines could be called "a Compaq Server".
> 
> Wild guess with what you have provided, though:
> 
> IF running OpenBSD 3.3, probably a combination of
> the following two
> problems:
>   http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#mkdevhang
>   http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#cpq16m
> 
> i.e., the second problem causes you to experience
> the first.
> 
> 3.4 and recent 3.4-beta snapshots has the "SmallRAM"
> workaround in the
> install scripts already (yay!), though you still
> will have the Compaq
> RAM issue.  Workaround works well, however..
> 
> Nick.
> -- 
> http://www.holland-consulting.net
> 


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