Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 12:32:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Rick Saltzman <rick@aixia.net> Cc: support@cdrom.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from cdrom Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9812031231370.12937-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199812031906.UAA07229@smtp.aixia.net>
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On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Rick Saltzman wrote: > FreeBSD 2.2.7 Walnut Creek CDROM > P2 with Adaptec SCSI AHA-2940AU BIOS > SCSI ID:LUN 0:0 Micropolis (4GByte) > SCSI ID:LUN 0:2 Pioneer CDROM DR-U06S > > It fails to boot from CDROM. Gets past the bios(es) and as far as: > > / > > And thats it. Just hangs forever. When I put an IDE cd drive in it works > just fine. Is there a known problem with SCSI only boxes? There are several > Adaptec parameters in the adaptec bios for booting which when modified do not > change this behaviour. There are several selections in the Award Bios for > boot sequence which do not change this either. I've read the web docs and > news but don't see anything similar to my problem. All docs seem to say that > SCSI just works which is true AFTER I've created a bootable hard disk. Then I > can mount cdroms to my hearts content. But I cannot boot from the > distribution boot cd except if my drive is an IDE. My 2940UW boots up FreeBSD CDs without a problem. The AU is the cheap, poor-performance version of the U; perhaps the firmware is buggy? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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