Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 11:05:09 -0400 (EDT) From: <up@3.am> To: Phillip Salzman <phill@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel config 102 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9909041058150.3496-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909031627540.76813-100000@seahorse.corp.gulf.net>
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On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Phillip Salzman wrote: > Simply remove /boot/kernel.conf. Thank you...that did it. I'm new to FreeBSD, so I've been relying on Greg Lehey's book, and I didn't see anything in those 700+ pages about this. > Also, this was probally a more suit of freebsd-questions. freebsd-isp > is supposed to be for ISP-related postings. Apologies...I read the summary (I didn't see a charter for this list) and took "Issues for Internet Service Providers (of which I am one) using FreeBSD" as meaning "Since you're an ISP, you don't have to stay subscribed to freebsd-questions, which has a horrid s/n ratio, you can ask general freebsd questions here". Wishful thinking :) > On Fri, 3 Sep 1999 up@3.am wrote: > > > > > There's clearly something I just don't get about FreeBSD kernel > > configuration here, and I can't seem to find any reference to it. my > > config file has the following ISA network interfaces commented out: > > > > # Order is important here due to intrusive probes, do *not* alphabetize > > # this list of network interfaces until the probes have been fixed. > > # Right now it appears that the ie0 must be probed before ep0. See > > # revision 1.20 of this file. > > > > # device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > > # device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 > > # device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 > > > > <snip> > > > > yet /var/log/messages show some kind of probe attempt: > > > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: config> di ex0 > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: No such device: ex0 > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: config> di ep0 > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: No such device: ep0 > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: config> di ed0 > > Sep 3 15:27:32 edward /kernel: No such device: ed0 > > > > <snip a list of same devices in different order> > > > > I'm trying to isolate a problem that happens during soft reboots and was > > wondering if this could have anything to do with it... > > > > TIA< > > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor > > up@3.am http://3.am > > ========================================================================= > > ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans > > 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. > > Visit <http://www.ispf.com/>; for information and registration. > > ========================================================================= > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. Visit <http://www.ispf.com/>; for information and registration. ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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