From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 19:07:05 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0787016A4D7 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:07:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vfemail.net (rrcs-west-67-52-59-244.biz.rr.com [67.52.59.244]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8583643D31 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:07:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lute@vfemail.net) Received: (qmail 21024 invoked by uid 85); 12 Jul 2004 19:07:03 -0000 Received: from lute@vfemail.net by mail.vfemail.net by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.60. spamassassin: 2.55. Clear:. Processed in 0.283574 secs); 12 Jul 2004 19:07:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO agnes) (lute@vfemail.net@63.229.187.130) by rrcs-west-67-52-59-244.biz.rr.com with SMTP; 12 Jul 2004 19:07:02 -0000 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:08:42 -0500 From: Lute Mullenix To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040712140842.36846134@agnes> In-Reply-To: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE5A@VIP10-WIN2K> References: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456DE5A@VIP10-WIN2K> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Agp0 probe forced my to use floppy kernel in 5.2.1 Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:07:05 -0000 On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:00:41 -0400 "Eric Toll" 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= 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