From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 23 11:00:07 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA26339 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 23 Dec 1995 11:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from gomer.wiscnet.net (dial.wiscnet.net [144.92.88.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA26334 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 1995 11:00:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from 16.bank1.dialup.ctenet.com by gomer.wiscnet.net; id MAA07637; 8.6.9W/50; Sat, 23 Dec 1995 12:59:59 -0600 Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 12:59:59 -0600 Message-Id: <199512231859.MAA07637@gomer.wiscnet.net> X-Sender: richards@mail.ctenet.com (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@FreeBSD.org From: richards@mail.ctenet.com (John Richards) Subject: Probe v2.1 not recognizing PCI Bus X-Mailer: Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear FreeBSD: I have the new version 2.1 release I received on CD-rom from Walnut Creek. I am a first time user of this product, but have a fair amount of unix experience. I can't get started with the install, because the probe of my hardware does not work correctly. I have created a boot floppy, and at boot, I use the -c switch to customize. I have a Pentium 120 PCI/ISA Award BIOS v4.50G, 16MB RAM, Adaptec 2940 scsi controler, with 3c509B nic. When I get to the config prompt, and use the ls command, I do not have the pci device ahc0 listed. I believe I have tried all documented possibilities. The bottom line is that the kernel probe does not probe the PCI bus properly to find the Adaptec controller so I have no recognized hard drives. In fact, the only time I see the probe even check for the PCI bus is when I use the -v option at boot. With -v, it checks, but doesn't succeed. Using the customized boot, I have disabled all other possible conflicts, including the 3c509 device, but still no luck. I can't get off first base, any suggestions? Happy Holidays! John Richards