From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 21:21:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA05828 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:21:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.148]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA05815 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:20:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00242; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:20:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 21:20:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Mark Stout cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELASE kernel doesn't boot In-Reply-To: <199608061922.MAA11974@vpm.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Mark Stout wrote: > Hi All: > > > I've been trying to compile a customized kernel in 2.1.5-RELEASE and after > installing the kernel and rebooting, it starts reading the kernel, I mean > right after the 'boot:' prompt passes, then I see the video screen refresh > and nothing. It just hangs at that point. Anyone know what may be causing > this problem? Do you still have the old kernel? Have you tried it? > Here's my system config: > Pentium 75 w/Zappa motherboard, 256k cache and 32MB RAM > On-Board IDE Controller wth Bus mastering > Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI Controller > SMC PCI NIC > 1 - Western Digital 2.1GB HD <-- The entire FBSD is on this drive > 2 - Maxtors 1.2 SCSI HD > 1 - Seagate 2.1 SCSI Barracuda > > > Here's the kernel config: This is quite the config. Here we go... > # Options for sio: > options COMCONSOLE #prefer serial console to video console This option overrides the standard console (sc0), so your system is booting perfectly, but all output is now routed through the serial port (sio0 I would guess). Are you sure that's what you want? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major