From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jun 22 8:41: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mel.alcatel.fr (mel.alcatel.fr [212.208.74.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1905A37B5EE for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:41:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from aifhs10.alcatel.fr (mailhub2.alcatel.fr [155.132.188.80]) by mel.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id RAA29886 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:40:25 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr (frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr [155.132.251.32]) by aifhs10.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with SMTP id RAA21973 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:38:56 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.6 (890.1 7-16-1999)) id C1256906.005625A7 ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:40:57 +0200 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALCATEL To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:40:51 +0200 Subject: installing 4.0 on a "wd" machine Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I'm trying to install 4.0 on an ancient machine. this machine is a VLB 486 PC, with a caching Tekram DC680C IDE controller. The controller probes fine with "wd" driver, both in 3.4 and 4.0 with a kernel recompiled with wdc and wd instaed of the new ata driver (see 3.4 dmesg further) I have recompiled a new 4.0 kernel on a working 4.0 PC. This kernel has a driver for wdc, wdc and mcd, used for the CD-ROM. The boot floppy boots fine on both a "known working" 4.0 PC and the VLB PC. The problem is that /stand/sysinstall does not find the wd drives (it complains : "no disks found! Please verify that your disk controller is being probed at boot time ..." in the second window after selecting a Novice install) How may I install 4.0 on this PC ? (upgrading from 3.4 to 4.0 with the sources is not really an option as the disks are a bit small) TIA TfH To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message