FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC i386 installation floppies failed to load following modules (it complains itself): if_pcn if_vr if_ste if_xl if_ed if_bge if_re if_wb if_rl if_sis if_dc if_bfe if_aue if_sf and if _fxp So, to use other NIC from third floppy (drivers.flp), for example, if_fi, then host name lookup is too fast (less than 0.1 second :-). ti-based NICs usually take a few seconds to come up (link up). Usually, host name lookup waits for quite long time, where 5.2.1-RC installation seems do not wait. After configuring the NIC, then do nslookup and immediately says: "not able to resolve host name " OK It is not ok for anything now. Al least, here needs a retry button to give another chance for resolving the name. If going back the Menu to try again, the NIC is configured down and up, the same problem will repeat again, so there is no way to install 5.2.1-RC. Fix: Need to give a longer time for resolving host name; or Provide a retry button for redo host name lookup before tear down the NIC configuration. How-To-Repeat: See Description.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-qa sysinstall problem.
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Unfortunately, this PR languished. Could you let us know if the problem still exists in a more recent FreeBSD version, such as 6.3 or 7.0-RC1?
----- Forwarded message from "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov> ----- From: "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <j_guojun@lbl.gov> To: rwatson@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org I need a week or two to set up a test bed. Once it is done, I will get back to you. Thanks, -Jin ----- End forwarded message -----
State Changed From-To: feedback->open Submmitter confirms that the problem remains.
----- Forwarded message from "Jin Guojun [VFFS]" <jin@george.lbl.gov> ----- Retested on 6.3-Release and problem remains. After installed 6.3-R from a CD and went to post configuration -> network -> interface, pick ti0 and choose DHCP, nothing happened and NIC board lights are off. Altr-F4 to goto the console, ifconfig showed ti0 is inactive. Typed in "ifconfig ti0 up", then board board light became green, and NIC is active now. -- ------------ Jin Guojun ----------- v --- jin@george.lbl.gov --- Distributed Systems Department http://www.dsd.lbl.gov/~jin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ----- End forwarded message -----
Both 6.3-R and 7.0-R have the same problem. The fix should be simple, I just do not know where in the installatin process to look at. What needed to fix it is to have "ifconfig ti0 ... up" -- make it UP. Maybe something more, but what looks like is the installation only does "ifconfig ti0 IP/MASK", because after installed from CDROM, I saw IP and MASK are set, but no "UP" show in ifconfig output. After type in "infconfig ti0 up", then NIC starts to work.
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-bugs->brucec Take.
Responsible Changed From-To: brucec->freebsd-sysinstall Back to the pool.
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.