Agp0 probe forced my to use floppy kernel in 5.2.1 Release

[Eric Toll]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Lute Mullenix
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 3:09 PM
> To: freebsd-newbies at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Agp0 probe forced my to use floppy kernel in 
> 5.2.1 Release
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:00:41 -0400
> "Eric Toll" <etoll at vipstructures.com> insisted:
> 
> > Hello list!
> > 
> > I had a *hell* of a time trying to get FreeBSD 5.2.1 installed on a 
> > Netserver E60. PII 450 SCSI
> > 
> > During the agp0 probe the system would lock up tight.
> > 
> > Here's what I did. Made some floppies, (since they don't have AGP 
> > support on them) Booted System, went thru the whole install 
> and then 
> > right before Exiting Install, I ran an Emergency Shell on TTY4.
> > 
> > Then I FTP'd the gunziped kernel file into /boot/kernel. 
> Then rebooted 
> > system.  (From another 5.2.1 box)
> > 
> > System came up fine (no lockup) but now I have no ethernet, yet the 
> > std boot and mfsroot floppies do have an Intel nic driver 
> on them that 
> > works, after all I used the floppy boot discs to FTP the 
> floppy kernel 
> > onto my scsi HD.
> > 
> > Geesh, what an ordeal. (If you didn't know how to go about it as I
> > didn't)
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong? Is this the wrong way? I tried to let the HD 
> > boot up to the loader prompt after the 5.2.1 install and then set 
> > currdev=/dev/fd0 and then do a load kernel (this did not work), and 
> > then to a setcurrdev=<back to my HD> so I can boot from it 
> but no luck.
> > 
> > Anyway my machine is up but it's pretty useless without Network...
> > 
> > Tips, pointers, misc. info would be much appreciated.
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Eric
> > 
> > 
> 
> Was that kernel you transfered a custome job for that 
> machine? If so it may not have the proper driver built into 
> it for the new machine.
> 
> 
> --
>  Lute
> 
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No It was not.  It was the exact kernel from the floppy boot (floppy.flp) 5.2.1 Release.
When I use 5.2.1 boot, and 5.2.1 msfroot to load the machine the Ether adapter is there, and works.

When I take the 5.2.1 floppy boot kernel copyt it the HD under /boot/kernel the machine boots but no NIC.
How can I add it back in???

Thanks Much,
Eric