From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 21 21:30:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtppop2.gte.net (smtppop2pub.gte.net [206.46.170.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E1C337C110 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:30:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Received: from evrtwa1-ar4-146-005.dsl.gtei.net (evrtwa1-ar4-146-005.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.146.5]) by smtppop2.gte.net with ESMTP ; id WAA5079386 Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:39:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:30:54 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family X-Sender: res03db2@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net To: Doug Young Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to boot from DPT SCSI host adaptor ?? In-Reply-To: <00ab01bfdbfd$880faa00$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Some nice person from the list could cut you a custom boot floppy. I haven't done so myself, but if no one else offers to help, let me know. I can try. [RC] On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Doug Young wrote: > I'm trying to install 4.0 RELEASE in an AST Premium SE 4/50d fitted with > a DPT SCSI host adaptor. This system is SCSI only (hard drives & CD-ROM) > ..... there doesn't appear to be any provision for IDE drives. I'm aware > that the > generic kernel doesn't support this thing (attempts to install stall when > its looking > for drives), but DPT cards are listed in both generic & lint files .... so > obviously > there's meant to be some sort of support for them. The problem as I see it > is > essentially a "chicken & egg" one .................. *exactly* how does one > go about > installing the operating system in the first place so that there's a kernel > source > available to edit & compile ?? > > I guess if DPT support could be somehow configured into the boot floppies > then at least install would be able to see the hard drives & CD-ROM, but > in the absence of any info on that I can't imagine where to start. Another > idea > is maybe try installing via FTP, then the source is on the hard drive & > maybe > once DPT support is compiled in it might be OK on re-booting. > > Comments / suggestions / advice anyone ?? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message