Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 22:54:47 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: moorthy@cs.unc.edu (Arun Moorthy) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install disk for CAM AND 3c905? Message-ID: <199810090454.WAA22936@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.981008232133.19311A-100000@buzzard.cs.unc.edu> from Arun Moorthy at "Oct 8, 98 11:26:40 pm"
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Arun Moorthy wrote... > > Greetings. > > I need to install FreeBSd on a whole bunch of machines. > These machines need a boot.flp that has a kernel that has both CAM and a > device driver for the 3c905 XL card (xl0). > > long hours have passed in my effort to build my own install floppies, with > no success. > > Right now, the only solution seems to be to use a CAM boot.flp that does > not support the xl0 card, use a different network card for the install > stage (by swapping cards on each machine when installing) and then to use > my kernel that has both CAM and xl0 support. > > Due to the number of machines that need to be installed, I'm hoping there > is a better solution. Umm, what release are you using? The 3.0 BETA releases have CAM and the xl driver on the boot floppy. The latest is here: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-19981006-BETA Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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