kern/61055: kernel panics boot + sysinstall

[Simon L. Nielsen]

The following reply was made to PR kern/61055; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org>
To: Phill <pfarthing at hotmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/61055: kernel panics boot + sysinstall
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:03:28 +0100

 --M38YqGLZlgb6RLPS
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
 Content-Disposition: inline
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
 On 2004.01.07 22:02:30 -0800, Phill wrote:
 
 > A few things going on here...
 >=20
 > 1. When installing from the 5.1 cd's kernel configuration never shows up.
 
 FreeBSD 5 does not have an interactive kernel configuration like 4.X
 has.  Instead it uses "device hints", which are described in the
 Handbook.  In most cases it should not be needed to set special hardware
 driver options.
 
 > 2. When trying to configure the network if w/sysinstall whenver I
 > choose DHCP, I get a kernel panic. I can configure w/out dhcp
 > 3. When booting kenel panics again trying to bring the eithernet interfac=
 e up
 > 4. After booting from the CD to do a fix it, kernel panics when trying
 > to write to the hard disk.
 >
 > Specs: 3com 3c905 NIC, 60GB Maxtor HD
 
 It sounds like there is a bug in the driver for your network interface.
 
 I have a 3Com 3c905B-TX, and a 80GB Maxtor and both works fine under
 FreeBSD 5.2RC.
 
 Could you please try 5.2RC2 (or the upcomming 5.2-RELEASE) and see if
 the problem still exists?
 
 --=20
 Simon L. Nielsen
 FreeBSD Documentation Team
 
 --M38YqGLZlgb6RLPS
 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
 Content-Disposition: inline
 
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
 Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD)
 
 iD8DBQE//VUfh9pcDSc1mlERArfiAKClAmq/jg+eD/OohbVoGSWDB7MdKACeLDXc
 KpnxCmKqliQ2DDi6emVGB4o=
 =tC4E
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 --M38YqGLZlgb6RLPS--