From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 28 7:15:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D5E37B401 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:15:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from loquefaltaba.com (213-96-97-78.uc.nombres.ttd.es [213.96.97.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4A243EBE for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:15:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sico@loquefaltaba.com) Received: from loquefaltaba.com (localhost.loquefaltaba.com [127.0.0.1]) by loquefaltaba.com (Postfix) with SMTP id C4AE8153CA; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:17:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from 213.201.2.34 (SquirrelMail authenticated user sico) by webmail.loquefaltaba.com with HTTP; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:17:09 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <53249.213.201.2.34.1038496629.squirrel@webmail.loquefaltaba.com> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:17:09 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Toshiba 1901-S301 and problems installing 5.0 dp2 From: "David Barbero" To: In-Reply-To: <20021128141920.GA24735@ppprs1.phy.tu-dresden.de> References: <1097.192.168.0.242.1038458102.squirrel@webmail-internal.tcpipbitch.net> <45935.213.201.2.34.1038478522.squirrel@webmail.loquefaltaba.com> <20021128141920.GA24735@ppprs1.phy.tu-dresden.de> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Cc: X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.8) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mmm, the compile a new kernel in other machine is dificult if they no is a FreeBSD 5.0, but you can prove to compile in a other machine with a 4.7 release. To create a floppy with the new kernel: sico#: vnconfig /dev/vn0c /path/to/kern.flp sico#: mount /dev/vn0c /mnt sico#: rm /mnt/kernel.gz sico#: gzip -9 /sys/compile/YOUR_KERNEL/kernel sico#: cp /sys/compile/YOUR_KERNEL/kernel.gz /mnt sico#: umount /mnt sico#: dd if=/path/to/kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 and only need start the instalation with the new kern floppy, if all it's correct, the sysinstall run, don't hang the machine. chance. Best regards. Tilo Riemer dijo: > hello, > > I have the same problem, FreeBSD 5 hangs at: > pci0: at device 31.6 (no driver attached) > > FreeBSD 4.6 hangs also, CRUX 0.9.4 hangs... only suse 8.1 boots without > problems (but I have to change the loadorder of drivers for network and > pcmcia, if I load pcmcia after network the machine hangs). > > okay, how can I get a new kernel without a running FreeBSD 5 box and if > I have a kernel how can I boot from it? put it onto a floppy and load at > bootprompt? > > > best regards, Tilo -- "Linux is for people who hates Windows, BSD is for people who loves UNIX" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message