Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:04:38 -0500 From: michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ThinkDifferently <Jeremy@FutureCIS.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot Message-ID: <49491506.1060400@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081217153052.ca1258e7.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <21039625.post@talk.nabble.com> <21045931.post@talk.nabble.com> <49486B95.70803@ibctech.ca> <21046366.post@talk.nabble.com> <21046636.post@talk.nabble.com> <49487A15.2090103@ibctech.ca> <21047275.post@talk.nabble.com> <21047496.post@talk.nabble.com> <874p13fi2m.fsf@kobe.laptop> <49490A5B.1020807@gmail.com> <21054078.post@talk.nabble.com> <20081217153052.ca1258e7.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently <Jeremy@FutureCIS.com> wrote: > >> Anyway, what is this atapicam option. How is it implemented, from the >> loader prompt, editing the iso, or what? BTW, how would one edit the iso? >> > > The atapicam facility can either be loaded as a module via > kld_load (or put into /boot/loader.conf as atapicam_load="YES") > or compiled into a custom kernel. > > The effect is that, when atapicam is loaded, ATA(PI) devices > can be accessed as if they were SCSI devices. Your install > devlice would then be /dev/cd0 (instead of /dev/acd0), using > "SCSI commands" to access the ATAPI drive (this is what atapicam > "translates"). > > Editing the ISO, as far as I know, involves the /usr/src tree > on a working FreeBSD machine, then editing the source files, > and finally "make release". But I'm not sure on this, I've > never tried it. > > Maybe someone with more experience on this tpoic could be > more specific and explain? > i have edited iso files directly, as it still contains the /boot/loader.conf eg: michael@macpro:/cdrom/boot# ls loader.conf loader.conf michael@macpro:/cdrom/boot# cat loader.conf mfsroot_load="YES" mfsroot_type="mfs_root" mfsroot_name="/boot/mfsroot" atapicam_load="YES"
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