Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:03:00 -0500 From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@mac.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: interesting problem Message-ID: <333973FE-981F-11D7-8049-0003937E39E0@mac.com>
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So... I have this nice SATA drive and controller which I believe is supported by FreeBSD but not in the default build for releases. What is the best way to cross-build a version of FreeBSD's release ISOs that will include drivers not included in the default distribution? Or is it possible to supply a driver during sysinstall time to have FreeBSD recognize my hard disk? Currently I can only get Mandrake linux 9.1 to install on this disk as it has the 2.4.21[pre release I assume] linux kernel that does recognize this controller [even Windows XP Pro does not recognize this newer hardware and I didn't get a floppy drive yet for the new machine]. Can I cross compile FreeBSD 5.1 [RC or otherwise] from Mandrake Linux to include the necessary support then burn a CD of the generated ISO images? It would be super-cool if I could :) and a decent learning experience.... Might be worth documenting it if I can figure it out. Dave
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