Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 11:23:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Michael A. Smith" <michael_smith@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install problem follow-up Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905251122400.13061-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990523203944.00a077b0@pop3.vais.net>
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On Sun, 23 May 1999, Michael A. Smith wrote: > [RECAP: 3.1-STABLE install on 486 hangs at boot on "ep0 not found at 0x300"] > > The 3.1 Errata tells me: > <SNIP> > o Kernel change information is not saved in the new kernel, even > though this is claimed to work in the docs. [...] The insinuation as, I think, to boot -c, remove all the devices you don't have, then apply the fix. By deleting the ep0 device (and the other network devices) you shoul get past that point. Incidentally, to 'boot -c', type a key at the kernel countdown, then type 'boot -c' at the prompt. > Fix: The change information is being written out, in fact, but to the > wrong location. move /kernel.config to /boot/kernel.conf (if it > exists, otherwise there were no changes to save) and add the > following lines to /boot/loader.rc: > > load /kernel > load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf > autoboot 5 > > This will cause the kernel change information to be read in and > used properly (and you just learned a little about the new 3-stage > loader in the process, so the exercise wasn't a total loss). > </SNIP> > > This certainly may be what's wrong with my system, but if I can't boot it > up, how do I make these changes?? I've tried the fixit shell & CD-ROM live > filesystem, but am runing into difficulties. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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