5.2.1-RC floppy install: many if_X.ko modules failed to load

[Lowell Gilbert]

Rostislav Krasny <rosti_bsd at yahoo.com> writes:

> When I boot from the installation floppies of 5.2.1-RC, at the
> beginning of sysinstall is starting I get a window on the blue
> background with following error message on it:
> 
> Loading module if_pcn.ko failed
> AMD Am79c79x PCI ethernet card
> 
> then next window with the same error message:
> 
> Loading module if_vr.ko failed
> VIA VT3043/VT86C100A Rhide PCI ethernet card
> 
> and so on about if_ste.ko, if_xl.ko, if_ed.ko, if_bge.ko, if_re.ko,
> if_wb.ko, if_rl.ko, if_sis.ko, if_dc.ko, if_bfe.ko, if_aue.ko,
> if_fxp.ko and if_sf.ko modules.
> 
> Previously I successfully installed FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE from its the
> floppies. Now, when I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC by the same
> way, I'm geting the above error messages, so I'm forbearing to
> continue this installation. This problem is always repeatable, even
> after I made the floppies on different diskettes. This system doesn't
> have any AMD or VIA chip on it.

It looks like miibus is having some sort of problem:  the modules that
complain are all dependent on it.