From owner-freebsd-small Sun Aug 5 14: 2:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de (moutvdom00.kundenserver.de [195.20.224.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A95937B401 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:02:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from daniel@piskoric.de) Received: from [195.20.224.220] (helo=mrvdom04.kundenserver.de) by moutvdom00.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15TV2S-0006hf-00 for freebsd-small@freebsd.org; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:02:20 +0200 Received: from p3ee32ab4.dip.t-dialin.net ([62.227.42.180] helo=danasus) by mrvdom04.kundenserver.de with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15TV2R-0006xr-00 for freebsd-small@freebsd.org; Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:02:19 +0200 From: "Daniel Piskoric" To: Subject: Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:02:19 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG subscribe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Mon Aug 6 10:11:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-d.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.13.43.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8835937B401; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:11:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bandix@looksharp.net) Received: by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 33A1F3E8D; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:13:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30AF3BA7E; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:13:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:13:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Cc: Subject: Installing w/ 8MB RAM Message-ID: <20010806130637.W57967-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [Please leave me in the Cc:, I'm not subscribed] [Cc:'d freebsd-small thinking those folks might have some ideas] I've got a P100 laptop with 8MB of RAM on which I'd like to install FreeBSD. My only install option on this laptop is a network install, as it has no CDROM. I have a PCMCIA NIC that works with the xe driver. Upon booting with kern and mfsroot floppies, I am given the option to configure PCMCIA services, which I do. However, I am unable to select xe0 as an install device. Switching to ttyv1 reveals an error message indicating that the installer could not launch pccardd because it ran out of swap space. Does anyone have recommendations on how to free up enough memory to run pccard during the install? I can build custom install floppies if necessary, I've got other FreeBSD/i386 machines. -- "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -- /usr/games/fortune, 07/30/2001 Brandon D. Valentine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Mon Aug 6 15:37:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from freeway.dcfinc.com (cx74889-a.phnx3.az.home.com [24.1.193.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2CD37B401; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:37:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chad@freeway.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freeway.dcfinc.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24346; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:37:20 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from chad) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:37:20 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" To: "Brandon D. Valentine" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing w/ 8MB RAM Message-ID: <20010806153720.B24190@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <20010806130637.W57967-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010806130637.W57967-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>; from bandix@looksharp.net on Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 01:13:11PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 01:13:11PM -0400, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > I've got a P100 laptop with 8MB of RAM on which I'd like to install > FreeBSD. My only install option on this laptop is a network install, > as it has no CDROM. I have a PCMCIA NIC that works with the xe > driver. You could use the parallel ports and a LapLink cable. I've done installs that way before (first was to a Compaq 386sx/20 with 4mb RAM and a 80 mb hard drive). -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Mon Aug 6 20:19: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (www.svzserv.kemerovo.su [213.184.65.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65DC37B405; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 20:19:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eugen@svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: from svzserv.kemerovo.su (kost [213.184.65.82]) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA37953; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:18:43 +0800 (KRAST) (envelope-from eugen@svzserv.kemerovo.su) Message-ID: <3B6F5E16.F3233853@svzserv.kemerovo.su> Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:18:46 +0800 From: Eugene Grosbein Organization: SVZServ X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: ru,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Brandon D. Valentine" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing w/ 8MB RAM References: <20010806130637.W57967-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Brandon D. Valentine" wrote: > I've got a P100 laptop with 8MB of RAM on which I'd like to install > FreeBSD. My only install option on this laptop is a network install, as > it has no CDROM. I have a PCMCIA NIC that works with the xe driver. > Upon booting with kern and mfsroot floppies, I am given the option to > configure PCMCIA services, which I do. However, I am unable to select > xe0 as an install device. Switching to ttyv1 reveals an error message > indicating that the installer could not launch pccardd because it ran > out of swap space. Does anyone have recommendations on how to free up > enough memory to run pccard during the install? I can build custom > install floppies if necessary, I've got other FreeBSD/i386 machines. You need not build custom floppies. Starting from 4.2-RELEASE you can install FreeBSD on mashine with 8Mb with only trick: after sysinstall loaded, select 'Custom' installation then make partitioning of hard disk. Create a swap partition there and hit 'W'. This will activate swap and installation will continue OK then. Eugene Grosbein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Tue Aug 7 15:27:18 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD6B37B413 for ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:27:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.11.3/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f77MRIt37655; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:27:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:27:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Soren Kristensen Cc: Subject: Re: net4501 easy install.... In-Reply-To: <3B6AFC74.61BC9F94@soekris.com> Message-ID: X-All-Your-Base: are belong to us MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is kinda old, but my area of expertise. :) On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Soren Kristensen wrote: > Now that I'm starting starting to ship your net4501's, I was wondering > if somebody could do an easy installation procedure using PXE boot, I > don't really have enough experience with FreeBSd myself, and are short > of time anyway, busy doing the hardware :-) > > I was thinking something about a procedure where you could install > different sizes of FreeBSD using any platform as host, even a windoze > machine: > > Step 1) Setup a dhcp and tftp server, using just one directory (so even > the crapiest free dhcp and tftp server on a windoze machine would do it) As long as you can pass standard filename options, it should work. > Step 2) Download and decompress a .zip or .gz file with the PXE loader > and FreeBSD installer into that directory. > > Step 3) Optional, download the .gz distributions, basically just > tarballs with the files, into the directory. > > Step 4) Boot PXE, starting a modified (simplified....) FreeBSD > installer. > > Step 5) Using that installer, create partitions and filesystem on the > CF, then install the distribution using either tftp, ftp, nfs, or (if > possible) cifs. You can do a lot with a shell script .. fdisk -I is your friend. :) If you can shoehorn awk & sed into the image you can use the diskprep script out of the install picobsd image to build your disklabels automatically. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Wed Aug 8 6:52: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from www.kozubik.com (www.kozubik.com [166.90.8.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB84737B409 for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:52:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@kozubik.com) Received: from localhost (john@localhost) by www.kozubik.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f78DkPg08899; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:46:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@kozubik.com) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:46:25 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik To: Doug White Cc: Soren Kristensen , freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: net4501 easy install.... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is how I do things, using the fixit disk and a .tar.gz filesystem image on another server (could be a windows machine running an ftp server) I think what I have here is much simpler than what you were discussing - requires only one boot and one transfer, using the normal boot floppies and the fixit disk. This may not solve your PXE boot issue specifically, but it is a good example of how to create and prep the labels, etc, and how to move the filesystem over easily. (note - filenames, etc., below pertain to using ata-flash, not disk-on-chip. Also, even if you don't read all of this, please see a nice method of exploding tarred filesystems over ftp that Warner Losh showed me in step 14) Full document, including details for disk-on-chip can be found at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/solid-state/index.html ------------ 1. boot off normal freebsd kern + mfsroot 2. choose custom install, choose partition, create partition with 'c' key, NOW HIT the hidden 'w' option. choose boot-manager (unless you are using Disk-on-chip) 3. exit custom install menu (do not use the label portion of the custom menu) 4. go to fixit 5. mknod /dev/ad0a c 116 0 ; mknod /dev/ad0c c 116 2 6. disklabel -e /dev/ad0c (at this point, make a new line at the end of the file for a: like: a: 123456 4.2BSD 0 0 (where 123456 is the partition size you see in the existing c: entry, and where those are not tabs but spaces between fields) 7. disklabel -B -r /dev/ad0c 8. newfs /dev/ad0a 9. mkdir /flash 10. mount /dev/ad0a /flash 11. cd /flash (you are now on your disk now) 12. ifconfig fxp0 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.255.0 13. route add default 1.2.3.1 14. Here is a neat trick - if your tarred filesystem is bigger than half of your flash card, how do you get the tar file on the flash card, and explode it ? 2x the space will be too much for the flash card. Here is how: ftp> get tarfile.tar "| tar xvf -" or if it is gzipped: ftp> get tarfile.tar.gz "| zcat | tar xvf -" and it will just explode, over ftp, onto your flash card. 15. cd / ; umount /flash ; sync 16. reboot, remove floppy, there is your system. --john On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Doug White wrote: > This is kinda old, but my area of expertise. :) > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Soren Kristensen wrote: > > > Now that I'm starting starting to ship your net4501's, I was wondering > > if somebody could do an easy installation procedure using PXE boot, I > > don't really have enough experience with FreeBSd myself, and are short > > of time anyway, busy doing the hardware :-) > > > > I was thinking something about a procedure where you could install > > different sizes of FreeBSD using any platform as host, even a windoze > > machine: > > > > Step 1) Setup a dhcp and tftp server, using just one directory (so even > > the crapiest free dhcp and tftp server on a windoze machine would do it) > > As long as you can pass standard filename options, it should work. > > > Step 2) Download and decompress a .zip or .gz file with the PXE loader > > and FreeBSD installer into that directory. > > > > Step 3) Optional, download the .gz distributions, basically just > > tarballs with the files, into the directory. > > > > Step 4) Boot PXE, starting a modified (simplified....) 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I do have the kernel config file entry: device fla0 at isa? The BIOS correctly recognizes and prints the message saying that it saw the M-Systems DOC. However, the kernel probe that is supposed to print something like, "fla0 at iomem 0x...-0x... on isa0" never occurs and hence I am not able to see the device. I have the DOC jumper set to one of the 4 possible configurations. Is there anything else I need to do other than add the kernel config file entry to use the DOC? Thanks, -Srinivas _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Fri Aug 10 9:58:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from www.kozubik.com (www.kozubik.com [166.90.8.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29A2737B631 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:58:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@kozubik.com) Received: from localhost (john@localhost) by www.kozubik.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7AGrGE40446; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:53:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@kozubik.com) Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:53:16 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik To: Srinivas Dharmasanam Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel probe on DiskonChip fails In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG All I can think of off the top of my head is: a) try a known-good DoC part ... perhaps you have a bad part. b) make _sure_ that the device line you show below really did get successfully compiled into your kernel. ----- John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Srinivas Dharmasanam wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to use a 64MB DiskonChip on a PIII SBC with the FreeBSD 4.2 but > am not able to get the kernel probe to recognize the DOC. > > I do have the kernel config file entry: > > device fla0 at isa? > > The BIOS correctly recognizes and prints the message saying that it saw the > M-Systems DOC. > > However, the kernel probe that is supposed to print something like, > "fla0 at iomem 0x...-0x... on isa0" never occurs and hence I am not able to > see the device. I have the DOC jumper set to one of the 4 possible > configurations. > > Is there anything else I need to do other than add the kernel config file > entry to use the DOC? > > Thanks, > -Srinivas > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Fri Aug 10 10:15:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f7.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D6737B401 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:15:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from the_srinivas@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:15:17 -0700 Received: from 205.158.104.176 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:15:17 GMT X-Originating-IP: [205.158.104.176] From: "Srinivas Dharmasanam" To: john@kozubik.com Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel probe on DiskonChip fails Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:15:17 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Aug 2001 17:15:17.0609 (UTC) FILETIME=[06E36D90:01C121C0] Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was able to use the 64MB DOC from the DOS utilities from M-Sys and boot from it. However from FreeBSD I'm having this problem. I'm pretty sure that the fla driver is getting compiled and linked into the kernel. Anything else I could try? Thanks, -Srinivas >From: John Kozubik >To: Srinivas Dharmasanam >CC: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: kernel probe on DiskonChip fails >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:53:16 -0700 (PDT) > > >All I can think of off the top of my head is: > >a) try a known-good DoC part ... perhaps you have a bad part. > >b) make _sure_ that the device line you show below really did get >successfully compiled into your kernel. > >----- >John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com > > > >On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Srinivas Dharmasanam wrote: > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use a 64MB DiskonChip on a PIII SBC with the FreeBSD 4.2 >but > > am not able to get the kernel probe to recognize the DOC. > > > > I do have the kernel config file entry: > > > > device fla0 at isa? > > > > The BIOS correctly recognizes and prints the message saying that it saw >the > > M-Systems DOC. > > > > However, the kernel probe that is supposed to print something like, > > "fla0 at iomem 0x...-0x... on isa0" never occurs and hence I am not able >to > > see the device. I have the DOC jumper set to one of the 4 possible > > configurations. > > > > Is there anything else I need to do other than add the kernel config >file > > entry to use the DOC? > > > > Thanks, > > -Srinivas > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-small Sat Aug 11 1:37:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from hawaii.rr.com (hnlmail3.hawaii.rr.com [24.25.227.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00C0737B403 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 01:37:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randal@mailrelay.hits.net) Received: from vaio ([66.91.25.33]) by hawaii.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.517.51); Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:37:09 -1000 From: "Randal Masutani" To: "Srinivas Dharmasanam" Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 22:36:12 -1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: kernel probe on DiskonChip fails Reply-To: randal@mailrelay.hits.net Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3B7461DC.21033.398592@localhost> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had a similar problem with my 8MB DOC. It seems the kernel probing did not detect the chip. In the kernel config file I had to hard code a memory address for it. device fla0 at isa? iomem 0xc8000 The driver does normally scan memory from 0xc000 to 0xde000. Make sure your jumper settings is in this range. Randal On 10 Aug 2001, at 10:15, Srinivas Dharmasanam wrote: > I was able to use the 64MB DOC from the DOS utilities from M-Sys and boot > from it. However from FreeBSD I'm having this problem. > > I'm pretty sure that the fla driver is getting compiled and linked into the > kernel. > > Anything else I could try? > > Thanks, > -Srinivas > > > > >From: John Kozubik > >To: Srinivas Dharmasanam > >CC: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: kernel probe on DiskonChip fails > >Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 09:53:16 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >All I can think of off the top of my head is: > > > >a) try a known-good DoC part ... perhaps you have a bad part. > > > >b) make _sure_ that the device line you show below really did get > >successfully compiled into your kernel. > > > >----- > >John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com > > > > > > > >On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Srinivas Dharmasanam wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I'm trying to use a 64MB DiskonChip on a PIII SBC with the FreeBSD 4.2 > >but > > > am not able to get the kernel probe to recognize the DOC. > > > > > > I do have the kernel config file entry: > > > > > > device fla0 at isa? > > > > > > The BIOS correctly recognizes and prints the message saying that it saw > >the > > > M-Systems DOC. > > > > > > However, the kernel probe that is supposed to print something like, > > > "fla0 at iomem 0x...-0x... on isa0" never occurs and hence I am not able > >to > > > see the device. I have the DOC jumper set to one of the 4 possible > > > configurations. > > > > > > Is there anything else I need to do other than add the kernel config > >file > > > entry to use the DOC? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Srinivas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message