Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:33:28 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'junkmale@xtra.co.nz'" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: 3.1 chicken-and-egg kernel situation Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105994@site2s1>
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What about the "emergency holographic shell" that's created on vty4 (i think it's vty4). When the install is complete couldn't you copy the kernel from there? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Langille [SMTP:junkmale@xtra.co.nz] > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 11:42 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: 3.1 chicken-and-egg kernel situation > > I have a box (fred) which on which 3.* would not install because the PCI > SCSI > controller was not recognized. 2.2.8 installs without a problem. 3.* > doesn't > see the PCI controller. > > I have been provided with a patch which fixes this situation and allows > 3.1 > to install. I created a custom kernel with this patch and copied it to > the > install floppies. This allowed me to install 3.1-Release. However, after > rebooting, > I get a "cannot mount root" error (sorry, the exact message is at home). > > I suspect this error occurs because the kernel installed doesn't have this > custom > patch. Does anyone concur? > > My proposed solution is to copy the patched kernel [described in the first > paragraph] > used on the install floppies to the root directory. But how to do that? > I > assume I can do that using a fixit floppy and copy from another floppy to > fred. > Either that or just use ftp to get the kernel from my ftp server. > > To compond the problem, the only floppy drive which works is in fred. So > I've > installed 2.2.8 on fred and I'm going to create some 3.1 fixit disks and > use > them after installing 3.1. > > FWIW: neither 3.* nor current sees the the PCI bus on my box. I'll supply > details > of the patch if anyone is interested (I'd do that now, but it's at home). > > cheers. > - > Dan Langille > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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