Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:30:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: misc/24725: failing install: not loading proper adaptec driver]] Message-ID: <200102012330.f11NU7u41573@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/24725; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: michael mundy <mjmundy@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: misc/24725: failing install: not loading proper adaptec driver]] Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 16:25:03 -0700 On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 00:33:01 -0700, michael mundy wrote: > "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> wrote: > > You've reached the wrong conclusion here. > > > > Just IGNORE userconfig. Use it if you've got ISA devices that need their > > irq's, etc., set, but in general, you can ignore it for your Adaptec board. > > > > Don't worry about it not being in the list of devices. Just boot the > > kernel and attempt to install. sysinstall will show you where you're going > > to be installing, so there won't be any danger. It will also tell you if > > it can't see any disks. > > > > > if nothing else, add this platform configuration to the list of > unsupported > > > configs, if there is such a list. > > > > It is supported, and I happen to have a machine running just fine with a > > 2842. > > > > Ken > > -- > > Kenneth Merry > > ken@kdm.org > > ken, > > sysinstall can not see any disks. i believe that the 2842 is supported, just > not under my particular config. however, i am willing to try again if i can > come up with an ISA VGA card. i'll pull the VL-VGA card and see if maybe > that's interfering with the probe. the adaptec should be in the master VLB > slot, that would've been the way i set it up originally. If it isn't in a busmastering VLB slot, that would cause problems. I don't know why sysinstall can't see any disks, you might try switching to one of the other console windows (alt-F2, alt-F3, alt-F4) and see if there is any useful debugging output. > thanks for trying to help, i understand everything you said, but i have to > give up on it for now. Bummer! Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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