Subject: Re: no available disks?
To: Chris Kantarjiev <cak+gmane@dimebank.com>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel@netbsd.org>
List: port-amd64
Date: 08/10/2006 19:13:35
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 12:54:10PM -0700, Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> >A sharp-eyed reader notes that my failing case isn't connecting to ioapic0, 
> >and suggests that I may need to boot from a kernel with the ioapic bits 
> >enabled.
> >Yes, this is an SMP box.
> >I see that my 3.0.1 iso image has a GENERIC.MP.gz kernel, but I don't know 
> >(and the docs don't tell me) how to boot with that kernel... dmesg tells me 
> >that this is an INSTALL kernel, not INSTALL.MP ...
> And the daily build ISO doesn't give me a choice, either. That's really too 
> bad.

I would try to boot GENERIC.MPACPI kernel. It would crash at the end of
booting of course because the system is not installed, but you'll see if
it finds your hardware.

Pavel