Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 09:44:06 +0700 From: Mulz <mginanjar@usa.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com Subject: Re: help! I can't install 2.2.5 to my SCSI drive Message-ID: <Version.32.19981031091242.00ddd100@pop.netaddress.com>
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At 10:21 AM 10/30/98 -0500, Steve Friedrich wrote: >On Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:09:13 +0700, Mulz wrote: > [cut] > >The freebsd handbook, http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook9.html#9 >only lists the Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. And if >you didn't know enough about FreeBSD to check the handbook, then you >are not a good candidate to run 3.0R. 3.0R doesn't support some of the >older SCSI that 2.2.7 does. You should buy a newer SCSI card. You >don't need an expensive, whiz-bang one, just one that supports booting. >Note that Adaptec sells several models that you CAN'T boot from. They >like to offer these to OEMs who bundle them with CDwriters, removable >media drives, like Jaz, SparQ, SyJet, or SCSI scanners. >Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. My card does have BIOS and it supports booting. I've checked the handbook and list archive but I was thinking that even my card is not listed in the handbook perhaps with an 'undocumented' modification to the bootdisk I can get 2.2.5 to install. Well, I guess I have to stick with this Win98 for a while longer ... Mulz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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