Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 07:20:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: sysinstall "probing devices" hangs only on 3.0-199810??-BETA, not on 2.2.7-RELEASE boot disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810160703470.29545-100000@megaweapon.zigg.com>
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Sorry this is after-the-fact... I really wanted to get this in before -RELEASE but had no working computer until last night. :( I can't start the 3.0-19981009-BETA or 3.0-19981015-BETA install process because sysinstall is hanging at the "probing devices, this may take a while" screen. Upon switching to the second VT, the final DEBUG message is either (forgive my paraphrasing please) DEBUG: found a disk wd0 or DEBUG: found a DOS partition wd0s1 on wd0 depending on whether or not there really is a DOS partition. Prior to that, it will find ed0, lp0, and create all the slip/ppp associations appropriately. The same machine will go through the same screen in < 10s with the 2.2.7-RELEASE boot floppy. Here's the config: 486 SX 25 AMI BIOS from 1992 8 MB RAM 1.44 FDD 1.2 GB IDE HDD (BIOS does not support any sort of LBA) VLB IDE/IO controller (also tried w/ ISA IDE/IO controller) VLB WD Video (also tried w/ generic ISA video) NE2000-compat ISA NIC I've tried all manner of switching kernel configs around down to leaving just fdc0, wd0, and ed0 (the install files are on the network, so I can't leave ed0 out unless I resorted to lp0 or something) and done just about everything to the HDD from fake geometries (which didn't even let the system POST properly) to many different sized DOS partitions. Any ideas? If this is determined to not be my fault, I'll submit a PR. But I'm not sure. (: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> | If only I could learn Japanese and get my Servant of Karen Behrens | hands on all 200 Sailor Moon episodes and Engineer, Nameless IRC Network | all the movies, I think my life would I eat penguins for breakfast. | finally be complete . . . . . . . . . . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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