From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 28 03:35:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2BA16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:35:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ds.netgate.net (ds.netgate.net [205.214.170.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96EDD43D1F for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:35:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ctodd@chrismiller.com) Received: (qmail 28222 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2004 03:35:48 -0000 Received: from vp4.netgate.net (ibrew@205.214.170.248) by ds.netgate.net with SMTP; 28 Dec 2004 03:35:48 -0000 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:35:46 -0800 (PST) From: ctodd@chrismiller.com X-X-Sender: ibrew@vp4.netgate.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: 4.10, amd64, and raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:35:48 -0000 Trying to install 4.10/i386 on an amd64 system with Promise raid controller. The saga.... Can't use 4.x install disk because kernel doesn't support raid (at least the promise controller). Can boot off of 5.x install disk and switch media, but install fails because it can't find the base distribution (and a few of the s* packages) when they are in fact on the disk (it's an iso right from the FreeBSD site). Can't net/ftp install 4.x with 5.x install disk because the Marvell Gbe bug isn't fixed without a custom kernel. Can't make your own boot kernel with the right drivers without building an entire release (which takes the better part of a day). Can't make a 4.x "release" on a 5.x/amd64 due to various failures that seem to point to the host being amd64 vs i386. Yes, I did specify TARGET=i386 and TARGET_ARCH=i386 but it still fails. Has anyone gotten 4.x installed on this type of system? (ASUS A8V, Athlon64 3500+, Promise PDC20378 (AKA Fastrak 378, TX2000), and Marvell 88E8001 Gbe) If so, how did you align all the planets with the sun to accomplish this? 5.3/amd64 was a breeze, but I need 4.10 on this system as well. Also, which file/pkg contains "base"? I could have gotten the system booted with that installed, all the man pages, docs, and most of the s* packages made it. At least with a booted system I could upgrade it. Thanks in advance. Frustrated... Chris