From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 14 21:09:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A7B106566B for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:09:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E0D8FC0A for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:09:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7EL9XPj089208 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.2/Submit) id m7EL9Wog089207; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:32 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:31 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: "C.M. Burns" Message-ID: <20080814210930.GD4558@dan.emsphone.com> References: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> <48A481AE.9080209@googlemail.com> <20080814202233.GB4558@dan.emsphone.com> <48A49859.3040604@googlemail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48A49859.3040604@googlemail.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:09:34 -0000 In the last episode (Aug 14), C.M. Burns said: > Dan Nelson schrieb: > > In the last episode (Aug 14), C.M. Burns said: > >> maybe there is a way to use the "loader prompt" to manually load > >> the module? it is a buslogic bt948 controller. i would rather not > >> compile a new kernel :) > > > > I was going to suggest building the buslogic driver as a module and > > then loading it from floppy at the loader prompt, but it doesn't > > look like the "bt" driver is available in module form. Do you > > maybe have an Adaptec SCSI card you could use instead, at least > > until you can rebuild the kernel? I know modules for those are on > > the install CD (newer cards will be managed by the ahc or ahd > > drivers). > > I could switch to an LSI logic megaraid controller, but i have to > check the version when i am back at work on monday. how can i load > modules from floppy disk at loader prompt? run "lsdev" to determine which bios device is your floppy (most likely disk0), then run "load disk0:/amr.ko". The loader will read ufs, msdos, cd9660, and ext2 filesystems, so you could load the module from any number of sources. I don't know if the megaraid controller will make your two disks visible to the host without you configuring them for hardware raid, though. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com