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Date:      Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:52:23 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading to 3.1-STABLE...
Message-ID:  <19990222095223.C40215@ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902210156150.1348-100000@guru.phone.net>; from Mike Meyer on Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 02:07:22AM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902210156150.1348-100000@guru.phone.net>

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On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 02:07:22AM -0800, Mike Meyer wrote:
> First, to insure that those responsible hear from more than just those
> who had problems (after all, if you didn't have problems, you don't
> ask for help, right :-), I'd like to state that my upgrade from a
> pre-ELF kernel (3.0-RELEASE) to 3.1-STABLE went just fine with a "make
> ugprade" and a "disklable -B da0". My
> 
> The problems started *after* I got the new system up. :-(
> 
> 1) I decided to remake the stuff in /dev."sh MAKEDEV all" didn't
>    make da0s1a and friends. This means that after booting single
>    user, I couldn't "mount -u /", cause that device wasn't there. To
>    add insult to injury, I'm using a "dangerously dedicated" drive so
>    da0a is what's really mounted, but that isn't what the kernel
>    reports. Out comes the fixit disk.
cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV da0 da0s1a

> 
> 2) The new lpt0 driver doesn't seem to work - it says "device not
>    configured" when I try sending text at it. From the config file:
> 
> 	# Parallel port - builds, but doesn't work, so...
> 	device		ppc0	at isa? port? net irq 7
> 	controller	ppbus0
> 	device		lpt0	at ppbus?
> 	controller	ppc0	at isa? disable port ? tty irq 7
> 
>    and from dmesg:   
> 
> 	ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
> 	ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
> 	ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE
> 	Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
> 	ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 5MP> HP ENHANCED PCL5,PJL,POSTSCRIPT
> 
> 
> 3) /stand didn't seem to get updated. How do I go about building this?
>    Checking the handbook, the FAQ, the src tree and the FTP site all
>    turn up nothing.
> 
Already answered.


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