From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 4 12: 5:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe30.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BE837B718 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:05:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rsliotta@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:05:38 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [64.252.125.42] From: "Robert Liotta" To: Subject: Interesting boot floppy problem Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 15:06:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 6.00.0010.0912 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C0A4BC.AF67DB80" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Mar 2001 20:05:38.0853 (UTC) FILETIME=[7B8B3D50:01C0A4E6] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C0A4BC.AF67DB80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, I have been running FreeBSD 3.2 on a system forever. It is an SMP system= . At that time, the onboard AMD PCI SCSI adapter was not supported. I am trying to upgra= de to release 4.2. I tried source and that is failing. I have even seen some people u= pgrade to release 3.5 and the go forward. 3.5 kernel hangs during reboot= . So I am getting desperate. I am trying to boot from floppies and do a= binary upgrade. I figured I can just reupgrade from source after that a= nd I will be OK. Now here's the problem. This $#%#$%# AMD PCI SCSI now seems to be supported. As soon as it hit this, I lock up tight.= How do I tell the kernel to ignore a PCI device that is probed? I know= how to do the others. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Folks,

I have been running FreeBSD 3.2 on a system for= ever. It is an SMP system. At that time,

the onboa= rd AMD PCI SCSI adapter was not supported. I am trying to upgrade t= o release

4.2. I tried source and that is failing. = I have even seen some people upgrade to release 3.5 and the go forward.&= nbsp; 3.5 kernel hangs during reboot. So I am getting desperate.&nb= sp; I am trying to boot from floppies and do a binary upgrade. I fi= gured I can just reupgrade from source after that and I will be OK. = Now here's the problem. This $#%#$%# AMD PCI

SCSI now s= eems to be supported. As soon as it hit this, I lock up tight. = ; How do I tell the kernel to ignore a PCI device that is probed? I= know how to do the others. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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