On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 01:13:31PM +0100, Taisto Qvist XX wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am running, or at least trying to run, OpenBSD 4.2 on a minipc using > AMD's GEODE LX-800. > (Its a > http://www.sdlsystem.se/shop/product_info.php?cPath=23_56&products_id=65 > 6 ) > > At first I had almost given up, since trying to boot the system was > impossible > since I always got a kernel-panic just a few seconds into the booting. > Similar problems with both FreeBSD and NetBSD, <whisper>but linux worked > w/o issues.</whisper> > > But after booting with all powersave turned off, everything looked good > though, > and I could finally start to install and configure....almost. > > After building a new custom kernel that didnt work properly, re-trying > with > the GENERIC kernel that can be downloaded from the i386 > install-directory(didnt work), > rebuilding a new GENERIC kerneln (didnt work), I finally managed to > understand > that the ONLY to kernels I can boot with, is either the bsd.rd ramdisk, > or the > bsd-kernel thats stored in the install32.iso!?! > > All the others startup fine, no problem, but the network interfaces( > realtek, rl0-3) > cant be configured! Dmesg looks almost identical for a working and > non-working kernel, > but with all the nonworking one's, i just get > > # ifconfig -a > : no such interface. > > Not even loopback gets created! >
Your userland is not in sync with the kernel. Make sure your userland and kernel are in sync. There was a networking flag day that causes these issues. -- :wq Claudio
