From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 28 15: 5:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.drexel.edu (mail.drexel.edu [129.25.3.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30BE237B9BF for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:05:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lint@drexel.edu) Received: from n1-10-245.dhcp.drexel.edu (n1-10-245.dhcp.drexel.edu [129.25.10.245]) by mail.drexel.edu (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.4.0.2000.05.17.04.13.p6) with ESMTP id <0FWV00HDGXD32W@mail.drexel.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:05:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:05:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam Staudt Subject: Re: Installing 4.0-R on a Dell Precision Workstation 620 In-reply-to: X-Sender: lint@lyra To: Doug Denault Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG the dmesg binary isn't installed yet as this is the primary pre-install sequence. the root problem, again, is that the install program is reporting no disks found... On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Doug Denault wrote: > Also remember you can use scroll-lock to go up and see messages. Also > dmesg. > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Adam Staudt wrote: > > > i've seen some threads about this previously, specifically relating to the > > AIC-7899 scsi controller... > > > > my experience up to now has been with IDE, so i may be just making a silly > > mistake here, but, what is happening is, i boot the 4.0-R kern and mfsroot > > disks, launch into the installer, but it reports that no disks are > > found. i can't see the bootup scroll quickly enough to tell if ahc0 is > > being detected, and i don't see an ahc device in the pre-install kernel > > config dialog. (i wonder if having it probe for aha will find this)? > > > > i am thinking that it is finding the scsi controller, because it does wait > > 15 seconds for 'scsi devices to settle' before launching the installer. > > > > any help on this is greatly appreciated. > > > > adam > > > > > > > > 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