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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!bcm.tmc.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!jkurtz From: jkurtz@starbase.neosoft.com (John Kurtz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Stock FreeBSD 2.1R and XFree86 3.1.2 Installation Woes Date: 4 Dec 1995 12:35:34 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 968 5800 Lines: 44 Message-ID: <49upum$4j7@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <49svmt$k7j@uuneo.neosoft.com> <49tbvl$99v@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote: : In article <49svmt$k7j@uuneo.neosoft.com>, : John Kurtz <jkurtz@starbase.neosoft.com> wrote: : >Hello. : > : >Last night, I upgraded from 2.0R to 2.1R and have had fits with the following : >items: : > : >1. For some reason I can not get my ATAPI IDE CD-ROM installed properly. Any : > clues on configuration on the kernel for doing this? : My car won't start.. : what should I do to fix this? : you need to supply the following information on ANY request of this type.. : IO ports used by any hardware : interrupts used by any hardware : output of the boot message (try 'dmesg') I checked my DOS settings and they are the default port 170h and interrupt 15 like what is being scanned, but even the installation kernel can not find this card. The bootup message indicates that the wdc1 not found at 0x170. : > : [...] : > : >3. During kernel rebuilds while trying to get XFree86 to work, the compiler : > would kick out and report: : > : > Process ### killed by vm_pageout -- out of swap : > (then died from signal 9) : looks like the swap partition you mentionned isn't being told to the system.. Found this one after I posted. Seems the first layout I tried did not enjoy running without a swap partition, and when I tried to set it up to create it on the second layout, I guess I didn't write it or something. The second install had this done correctly. This one is fixed. : >Machine configuration (which worked happily under 2.0R): : > : > 486DX2-66, 16Meg Ram, 1G IDE Harddrive (150M DOS, 32M /, 48M swap, rest : > on /usr), Reveal Quad-speed ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive, internal 14.4 modem, : > 3 1/2 1.44 floppy : good but much more info required..