Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:55:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: "Michael R. Gile" <gilem@wsg.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT w/ 2.2.6-RELEASE problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980622095027.20726B-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <199806212256.PAA19393@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Michael R. Gile wrote: > I was reading some of the threads on the install procedure for this version. > It appears that I must rebuild the kernel after installing before rebooting. Yes, the kernel in bindist in 2.2.6-RELEASE does not the dpt driver compiled in. > This explains why I couldn't successfully boot into BSD after installation. > (Is there perhaps a snap of the stable tree which does not require this step?) Recent snaps are on releng22.freebsd.org. New snapshots are made almost daily. > However, i have another problem. After getting through the installation, the > install hangs while attempting reboot at the "syncing disks" line. It just > sits there appearing to do nothing at all... no disk activity.... Probably because FreeBSD is unable to trigger a reboot on your motherboard. I see this on an old 486 motherboard I have. I built a kernel with BROKEN_KEYBOARD_RESET. > I have successfully run this machine with both NT and Linux RedHat. > It is a PM3224 with firmware 7G2. I noticed that most people suggest > 7H1, but i don't have a ROM burner handy at the moment. > > Does anyone have any suggestions at what could be causing something like this? See if the system will reboot properly without the PM3224 controller. If it doesn't, it almost certainly the keyboard controller, otherwise it is the related to the DPT driver somehow. > Thanks for your input. > > -Mike > > ====================================================== > Michael Gile gilem@wsg.net > President (518)435-0682 > Web Services Group http://www.wsg.net/ Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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