From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 23 2:14:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.iafrica.com (smtp03.mweb.co.za [196.2.134.189]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0605A14C30 for ; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 02:14:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from irvines@isconsulting.co.za) Received: from [196.7.26.211] (helo=mail) by smtp03.iafrica.com with smtp (Exim 1.92 #1) for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG id 11qCxN-00043M-00; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:13:53 +0200 Message-ID: <012c01bf359b$18ef4440$0105a8c0@iafrica.com> From: "Irvine Short" To: References: <008301bf356e$f69b22a0$0105a8c0@iafrica.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD will not recognise PCI bus Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:10:32 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just some more info - I've tried again without the 2 3COM NICs plugged in, and it made no difference. It actually never gets round to saying "Probing for devices on PCI bus" It goes straight from Preloaded ELF kernel to Preloaded userconfig script etc etc (userconfig script is empty, BTW) then to Probing for devices on ISA bus. > I'm trying to get FreeBSD to install on a PC here and nothing to do with the > PCI bus is probed. When I say nothing, BSD does not find any of the > motherboard resources (PCI-ISA bridge etc) and also does not see the 2 3COM > 3c905 NICs. > > Motherboard chipset: VX-Pro (Taiwanese rip-off of Intel VX chipset, supposed > pin and function compatible) > FreeBSD version: both 2.2.8 and 3.3-RELEASE > > I've tried the standard GENERIC kernel off the CD with 2.2.8 and 3.3, as > well as a stripped down 3.3 kernel with the line > controller pci0 > in it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message