From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 18 17:38:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B671151B7 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:38:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA53077; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:38:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:38:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Dan Langille Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 chicken-and-egg kernel situation In-Reply-To: <37671d1f.5cd6.0@actrix.gen.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > I have a box (fred) which on which 3.* would not install because the PCI SCSI > controller was not recognized. 2.2.8 installs without a problem. 3.* doesn't > see the PCI controller. What brand/model of SCSI card? If it's not supported, it's not supported. > I have been provided with a patch which fixes this situation and allows 3.1 > to install. I created a custom kernel with this patch and copied it to the > install floppies. This allowed me to install 3.1-Release. However, after rebooting, > I get a "cannot mount root" error (sorry, the exact message is at home). The installed kernel does not have the driver on it. Try to get the person who provided you with the patch to build a kernel for you. We ran into this with the DPT cards until they were officially merged. > My proposed solution is to copy the patched kernel [described in the > first paragraph] used on the install floppies to the root directory. > But how to do that? I assume I can do that using a fixit floppy and > copy from another floppy to fred. As mentioned previously, use the emergency holographic shell :-) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message