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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1R works... 2.1-stable doesn't... Date: 2 May 1996 16:10:11 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4maj8j$es@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4m5hb4$592@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Martin Jangowski (maja@birdland.rhein-neckar.de) wrote: : Hi! : I just installed 2.1R on a new machine, a HP Netserver with 133 Pentium and : a PCI/EISA motherboard. The SCSI-Controller in a twin AIC 7770 onboard : controller. : The system booted without any problems from the boot floppy, I installed the : system from CD. After this, I sup'ed -stable (took 5 hours) and did : a "make world"... again, no problems. After this, I made a new kernel : (took the _new_ GENERIC and removed everything I don't need). : After installing the news kernel, machine doesn't boot any more. The : SCSI-controller is no longer detected. I booted the old kernel.GENERIC and : made a new GENERIC from the sup'ed config file. Unfortunately, this : kernel doesn't boot, either. There are no boot messages about detecting : any SCSI-controller or devices, so mounting / failed. I added : "prompt PROBE_VERBOSE" to the config-file, but gained no additional : information. : Ideas, anyone? : Martin Have you tried building the supped GENERIC kernel ? If this works, modify it one line at a time until you've got your desired kernel. When it stops working, you know which line you don't want to remove ! :-) -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....