From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 15:04:39 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 961101065670 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB938FC19 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:04:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so776480qwb.7 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:04:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=cS4tcOZbaLLXDk8Apmvf1htJ0WMZvBA/iliQKhW7nM8=; b=e4iLfEFkp3T+erb4jWUuEzgjLs7Prk+7sZFEw0UzX5vY9VDK191GtXFTdyy37TQwSi r4mUlx18hfOoM6btDFSjM1JzPvvFmm4ti/6pSxlb3XvQKOifJsnmlhAuXmtO4IGuMw5V +OVP+qfluLB1+N0nqLMtmaun2LTXMdJacpOMM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=gNOkZzViIQpe45yMZhqSDDGzADVQZnD2qBJ4z2FSdjQOQsJj18YKJQvuU9b9YK4sb5 GCE+Y9TXzy71znzg+5PEbWDtrR9O2OyPEPfhqHC8Kz+HMMuCl9trNqQZwGmUAH8WptRH c4ufVLy8/qsefFn9nHHh1eK3VuQeuoszbQBso= Received: by 10.214.115.1 with SMTP id n1mr868895qac.374.1229526278472; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:04:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.104? (adsl-074-245-053-043.sip.jax.bellsouth.net [74.245.53.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm3048556ywd.11.2008.12.17.07.04.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:04:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49491506.1060400@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:04:38 -0500 From: michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon 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> In-Reply-To: <20081217153052.ca1258e7.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ThinkDifferently Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 load hangs on boot 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: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:04:39 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:24:17 -0800 (PST), ThinkDifferently 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"