Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:40:35 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Mark A. Pitman" <map@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "cant mount root" error after install (with a single SCSI HD) Message-ID: <199811191540.HAA27633@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:55:52 MST." <36543178.57DBD7D8@primenet.com>
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>> >on an NCR53c810 PCI controller. I have noticed that when the system >> >boots, the kernel does not probe or detect any of the PCI devices. The >> >boot floppy probes the PCI devices fine (I guess that's pretty obvious, >> >since it installed). Anybody know what I can do to fix this? I'm new to >> >> That's a pretty strange problem - the first one I've heard like that. I >> can't think of anything off hand that would cause the installed kernel to >> ignore your PCI bus when the one on the install floppy sees it just fine. As >> a test, can you try to install 3.0? > >Yes, I can download 3.0, but being new to FreeBSD is that a good idea? I had >heard it would be better to stick with the stable 2.2.7 version. If 3.0 is fine >for general home use, then that's great, i'll do it! It will probably be fine for home use, but I'm mainly interested in the data point as a troubleshooting measure. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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