On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 08:55:14PM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a new Dell Optiplex 745 with an Intel Core 2 Duo. > > > > this system completed the install. Now on boot it hangs after: > > wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 > > > > the only issue I had during install was that the on-board nic would > > not grab a dhcp address - but the pci nic did. > > > > how can I troubleshoot this further? I followed the FAQ for the > > install - and I've looked at the common issues after install. > > > > years ago I had an issue with a piece of hardware that I had to > > exclude. but I don't recall how I got into that particular "sub > > system" to deactivate it. Is there something I can do at the boot > > prompt? > > First, make sure you are trying a snapshot, not 4.1 or older. If > you are using 4.2, still try a snapshot, a lot has happened since > 4.2 already. If that fixes your problem, you are done. (the onboard > NIC problem is hinting to me that you are using an older version). > > If that doesn't, the good news is since it installed with the bsd.rd > kernel but won't run GENERIC, it is probably just a matter of turning > the right device driver off. GENERIC has more in it than bsd.rd does.
If you boot the installer, you can read the dmesg from the bsd.rd. At least then you'll know what _not_ to turn off to get the system to boot. > > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BootConfig (see the next two > sections as well, which are also appropriate for you) Doug.
