Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 13:04:59 -0600 From: "Wes Bauske" <wsb@paralleldata.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/15611: EIDE Large Disk Support, Newfs problem, File systemcorruption,IBM-DPTA-353750 Message-ID: <3874E75B.CF25FCBD@paralleldata.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001051336330.6001-100000@beppo.feral.com>
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Matthew Jacob wrote: > > I don't think a 4.0 kernel on to of 3.x works very well- probably does, > but why stretch it? I have no idea about the upgrade path- I just do a > forklift upgrade myself. > > Go via ftp to current.freebsd.org /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386 and > select anyone of a number of snapshots. Basically I just snarf the floppy > images and boot those and install across the wire- even with 144Kbit DSL > it's not too bad. > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Wes Bauske wrote: > > > Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > > > So, do I need a different kernel to pick up this new ata1 > > > > driver?? Is this available in the 3.4 kernel config? > > > > > > This is a 4.0 thing, I believe. It's a driver that's in better shape > > > than wd. > > > > I've looked at the 4.0-CURRENT directory on ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD > > and it's not clear to me where to get the newest kernel > > from. Exactly how much do I have to upgrade to get the same > > kernel you're using? If its an FAQ, point me at it... > > > > Thanks, > > > > Wes > > OK, I tried the latest two versions of boot floppies from current.FreeBSD.org and both fail to get to the point where I can do an install. Any preferences on which date snapshot for 4.0 I should try?? One got to the point where it put up the sysinstall menu but I couldn't use the keyboard to navigate the menus. The other wouldn't boot saying it couldn't load /kernel. Wes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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