Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:08:42 -0500 From: Lute Mullenix <lute@vfemail.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Agp0 probe forced my to use floppy kernel in 5.2.1 Release Message-ID: <20040712140842.36846134@agnes> In-Reply-To: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE5A@VIP10-WIN2K> References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE5A@VIP10-WIN2K>
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:00:41 -0400 "Eric Toll" <etoll@vipstructures.com> insisted: > Hello list! > > I had a *hell* of a time trying to get FreeBSD 5.2.1 installed on a > Netserver E60. PII 450 SCSI > > During the agp0 probe the system would lock up tight. > > Here's what I did. Made some floppies, (since they don't have AGP > support on them) Booted System, went thru the whole install and then > right before Exiting Install, I ran an Emergency Shell on TTY4. > > Then I FTP'd the gunziped kernel file into /boot/kernel. Then rebooted > system. (From another 5.2.1 box) > > System came up fine (no lockup) but now I have no ethernet, yet the std > boot and mfsroot floppies do have an Intel nic driver on them that > works, after all I used the floppy boot discs to FTP the floppy kernel > onto my scsi HD. > > Geesh, what an ordeal. (If you didn't know how to go about it as I > didn't) > > What am I doing wrong? Is this the wrong way? I tried to let the HD boot > up to the loader prompt after the 5.2.1 install and then set > currdev=/dev/fd0 and then do a load kernel (this did not work), and then > to a setcurrdev=<back to my HD> so I can boot from it but no luck. > > Anyway my machine is up but it's pretty useless without Network... > > Tips, pointers, misc. info would be much appreciated. > > TIA > > Eric > > Was that kernel you transfered a custome job for that machine? If so it may not have the proper driver built into it for the new machine. -- Lute It's OK to be different FreeBSD 5.2.1 RELEASE
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