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Date:      Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:44:03 -0500
From:      "Jim King" <jim@jimking.net>
To:        "Kenneth W Cochran" <kwc@world.std.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 4.4RC 21 August 2001, boot failure
Message-ID:  <00a701c12a82$06d87a50$524c8486@jking>
References:  <200108212034.QAA17241@world.std.com>

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"Kenneth W Cochran" <kwc@world.std.com> wrote:
> Hello -stable:
>
> What changed between 19 August & today (21 August) that would
> cause a known-good-and-stable kernel config to not boot?
>
> I updated Sunday 19 August, and as many times previously,
> things were working ok.  But a few minutes ago I updated &
> made a new buildworld, buildkernel & installkernel, & the new
> kernel refuses to boot -s (or at all) so I can complete the
> install (aka installworld).  The "complaint" is some kind of
> verbosity about "can't find a boot-device" or "missing device
> da(?)"  I do have device da, as I have for a long long time...
> Sorry I can't explain it any better b/c I (so far) I can't
> capture that message-stream.  It certainly never has done
> *this* to me before...
>
> I also tried another cvsup, in case maybe I was in the "middle"
> of some updates; none...

I got the same thing about daXXX missing.  It looks like neither one of my
PCI cards got probed (an ahc and an xl).

Jim



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