Freesco - boot failure

[Gene Holmerud]

Never mind.  The Freesco help replied pointing at the SIIG drive 
controller as likely too unusual/modern for the old BIOS I have.  The 
motherboard mfg hasn't replied about BIOS upgrade availability (it's 
older than anything showing on their website, like it's a PROM - 
remember them?).

Gene

From:           	"Gene Holmerud" <geneous@bigfoot.com>
To:             	plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Date sent:      	Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:43:58 -0700
Subject:        	Freesco - boot failure
Priority:       	normal
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> I downloaded, RTFMed, booted and tried to get to the configuration 
> steps.  Unfortunately, I received the message 
> "Can't stat directory /mnt/router"
> 
> This occurred to someone else who posted on the Freesco forum.  The 
> answer was either a corrupted disk or low on memory.  Both of these 
> are not too likely based on further testing.  Perhaps someone in plug 
> has worked thru it.  Here's the story:
> 
> Console log:
> Starting [Linux]
> Starting sys/klogd on tty3...   done
> Mounting boot device fd0...   done
> Can't stat directory /mnt/router
> mnt  /router/v_*: No such file or directory
> exec: /mnt/router/rc/rc_init: no such file or directory
> .: can't open /etc/system.cfg
> @df
> File System       1024-blocks      used      available      capacity  
>     mounted on
> /dev/ram0           2548                   15402    1046              
> 59%              /
> /dev/fd0             1424                   1373      50              
>     96%             /mnt
> @
> 
> Provlem solving done thus far:
> 1) I expanded the RAM from 8M to 20M, but no change, not even 
> /dev/ram0 numbers.
> 2) I tried same floppy on another system (16M) and it got past the 
> above and to the login prompt.  However, that's my GNOME development 
> platform, not the router/fw/masquerade I'm building.
> 3) Yes, the computer looks suspect.  No HD nor CDROM.  It's a 486DX-
> 33 with a 1993 AMIBIOS.  The Floppy controller is a SIIG model SI-
> 1132+.  But, hey, isn't minimalism what this is all about?
> 4) I booted RH 6.2 install disk and ran as far as it asking which 
> language.  The computer will also boot W98SE's Emergency disk and 
> create a C-drive (RamDisk), so it's not a total dog.
> 5) Yes, I will pursue a BIOS upgrade (ROM chip), but considering #4 
> above, I don't think that's the problem.
> 6) I looked in modules -027 for mention of an SIIG driver.  No find.  
> Again, I consider #4 to point my suspicions elsewhere.
> 7) I'm surmising that I haven't gotten far enough thru the boot 
> process and uncompresses to have the report program available (as 
> proscribbed in the docs).  
> 
> Obviously, I would appreciate any help.  Thank you in advance.
>  
> Gene Holmerud
> 
> 
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