Date: 05 Aug 96 16:47:01 EDT From: Jan Knepper <100626.3506@CompuServe.COM> To: Stefan Esser <se@zpr.uni-koeln.de>, "[FreeBSD current]" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, "[FreeBSD Hackers]" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.1.5 v.s. 2.2-960801-SNAP Message-ID: <960805204701_100626.3506_BHL185-1@CompuServe.COM>
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Stefan Esser wrote: /* No, you are perfectly right (since you mention the 2.2-SNAP, else freebsd-stable would have been more appropriate :) */ Well, I was having the problem with RELEASE 2.1.5, I guess that is stable right? /* > Yesterday I downloaded 2.1.5 STABLE. I already have 2.1.0 running on a system > with NCR SCSI. Version 2.1.5 refuses to access the NCR SCSI. I get the following > message when booting from flop. (boot.flp) > > ncr0: aborting job > ncr0:2: ERROR (90:0) (8-0-0) (0/13) @ (c8c:50000000) > script cmd = 740a8700 > reg : de 00 00 13 47 00 06 0f 35 08 00 00 90 00 0f 02 > ncr0: restart (fatal erro) > sd0(ncr0:0:0) COMMAND FAILED (9/f) @ f0e71a00 Hmmm, sorry. This is most probably related to your drive, and there was a work-around in 2.1R and is in the 2.2 install kernel. (It should have been in the GENERIC 2.2 kernel, too, but I'll have to check!) What drive causes this problem ? */ Well there is only one NCR SCSI in the system with a HP Harddisk and and CD-ROM. There is no IDE or EIDE drive. So I guess it is the NCR SCSI that is causing the problem. However yesterday I downloaded 2.2-CURRENT completely and installed that. That worked so far. When I rebooted at the line with "changing root device to ..." kinda like error occured, but the system started and I could get on. Today I reconfigured the 2.2 kernel a couple of times. At a certain moment the "error" message disappeard. Right at this moment I even have the "wdc0" and "wdc1" devices removed from the kernel and it runs like a charm! /* (Best if you sent a complete log of boot messages from your 2.1R kernel). */ Well, let me see what I can do to figure out what is causing the problem since is disappeared after I removed a couple of unused drivers from the kernel. But first I will check if I can get the HP100VG Ethernet Adapters to work... /* > I tried the 2.2-960801-SNAP kernel and that one seems to work. However once the > system is installed there is an other kernel in the root which causes the exact > same problem. Hmm, that shouldn't be the case ... */ I think it should. I used the 2.2-960801-SNAP boot.flp to install a 2.1.5 system! <grin> /* options "NCR_MAX_TAGS=0" */ OK, I will try that one later... /* to your kernel config file, configure (using the 2.1.5 "config" program !!!) and build the kernel. */ Well, right now I am on 2.2-960801-SNAP. I guess that is the version to be on when 'contributing' to the system right? I am thinking about devoting part of my weekends to 'contribute' FreeBSD! I however might need some pointers to find out where to start or what is *urgent*. /* Please send e-mail, if you need further help. */ Thanks for the help so far. Don't worry, be Kneppie, Jan
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