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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