From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Apr 30 17:20:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA25637 for stable-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA25604 Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:19:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605010019.RAA25604@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: BSD Mailinglisten-User cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1R works fine... 2.1-stable doesn't :-( In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Apr 1996 21:33:20 +0200." Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:19:58 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Hi! > >I got a new machine today, a HP Netserver 5/133. It has a PCI/EISA >motherboard and a onboard AIC 7770 controller. I installed 2.1R using a >boot floppy and the CD without any problems. After installation I sup'ed >stable and did a "make world", again without problems. > >After that I tried to build a new kernel... took the GENERIC config file >and removed all unused lines. The newly build kernel didn't boot... it >couldn't mount root. Obviously, the probe for the ahc - device didn't >find the chip. I booted the old kernel.GENERIC and made a new (stable) >GENERIC... which failed to work, too. > >I don't like the idea to remove the stable src-tree and replace it with >the old one from the CD, but I don't want to run a production system with >all this junk in the kernel... > >Ideas, anyone? > >Martin Eisa configuration is performed differently in -stable than in 2.1R. You should start with the GENERIC kernel config file from -stable and reduce it down. The critical entries for you are: controller eisa0 controller ahc0 -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================