Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:47:49 +0100 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Michael <soppscum@online.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-RELEASE kernel boot problem on acer travelmate 210TEV (laptop) Message-ID: <200302212147.49778.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <20030222032429.7d75cffb.soppscum@online.no> References: <20030221145033.2f5af08c.soppscum@online.no> <200302211846.09122.taxman@acd.net> <20030222032429.7d75cffb.soppscum@online.no>
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On Saturday 22 February 2003 03:24 am, Michael wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:46:09 +0100 > taxman <taxman@ACD.NET> wrote: >=20 > > On Friday 21 February 2003 02:50 pm, Michael wrote: (snipped) > > > I've been using 4.X for some time with no problems(that I can remem= ber=20 =3D) > > >=20 > > > So i'm booting the install 5-RELEASE mini cd : > >=20 > > Ok this is getting out of hand. 5.0 is a testing release. See: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter.html > > so of course it is not going to work for everything. Development is=20 > > proceeding rapidly on 5.0, so the problem you're seeing may be fixed=20 already.=20 > > Installing -current would be the only way to know. if you tried that= and=20 got=20 > > the same error, then they would love to hear about it on the -current= =20 mailing=20 > > list so that it can be properly fixed. It's not likely it will ever = be=20 fixed=20 > > for 5.0 release, which is a static point on an again, rapidly moving,= =20 > > development track. > > =09If 4.x works well then use that, or if you want to experiment try=20 -current,=20 > > perhaps by installing a snapshot. >=20 > Thanks, didn't realise 5-RELEASE was still current,=20 It is and I didn't mean to be so harsh to you specifically. It was more = that=20 so many people are missing that bit of info that maybe it should be a FAQ= =20 now. > anyway how should I report something like this to current@ ? > I mean is there some sort of "backtrace" I can do after it panics that = would=20 be more useful than just this oneline message? :P boot -v (at the initial prompt) may be helpful, but I don't know on 5.0 What I was getting at was maybe this has already been fixed in the -curre= nt=20 development track, so it would be really irritating to them if you asked=20 about a fixed issue. =09So first try installing a snapshot: http://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/ As explained there, they are built every day from -current sources. If the normal installation CD ISO there boots fine, consider your problem= =20 fixed in -current. You could try the bootonly or cdboot cd ISO's first, = but=20 they may be a bit different than the normal boot process. =09If your problem is not fixed in the latest -current snapshot, then sen= d a=20 question with the ouptut of boot -v to the freebsd-current mailing list,=20 perhaps along with a copy of dmesg from 4.x running on the machine in=20 question. Good luck, =09Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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