Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:05:45 -0400 From: S Lafredo <slafredo@fast.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing FreeBSD using floppies (long) Message-ID: <200106280105.f5S15cX11996@post2.fast.net>
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Well I tried the short question now here is the long question since the documentation is incorrect (?) and there is no such thing as an 'install.bat' :) I have an IBM Aptiva 2159. Which is a split system. The floppy and CD-ROM are in a desktop piece and connected to the main tower via what looks like (but probably is not) a 50 SCSI cable. The CD-ROM is set to Master and probably on it's own IDE channel. I think the cable thing though is interfering w/the kernel finding it? I have downloaded the FreeBSD 4.3 RELEASE image and created a bootable CD. It boots in my IBM Thinkpad 600E but not the Aptiva, circa 1997. Therefore, I created the boot floppies, kern and mfsroot. I am able to boot from the floppies. I am able to configure the kernel. To configure the kernel I have to delete 6 of the 7 possible network drivers. I left the IBM drive for no particular reason. This is what I see when I boot from the floppies... BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 Console: internal video/keyboard BIOS drive A: is disk 0 BIOS drive C: is disk 1 BIOS 639kB/97280kB available memory The reason I believe that the CR-ROM is not recognized is b/c I do NOT see a line say something like... BIOS drive D: is disk 2 Q: Should I move the CR-ROM into the tower and make it a slave on the same IDE channel as the HD? Like I said I am able to boot from the floppies and configure the kernel but when I select 'Q' and 'Y' to save my changes, the following is displayed but nothing else happens? Q: Is the kernel looking for the CD-ROM to finish the installation? Sorry this is so long but this is getting very frustrating. Thanks! S npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard pci0: <PCI bus> on isab0 isab0: <Intel 82371SB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 8.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <intel PIIX3 ATA controller> port )xfe80-0xfe8f at device 8.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 atapci0 ata0: at 0x170 irq 15 atapci0 uchi0: <Intel 82371SB (PIIX3) USB controller> port 0x1380-0x139f irq 11 at device 8.2 on pci0 usb0: <Intel 82371SB (PIIX3) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 usub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered de0: <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> port 0x1300-0x137f irq 11 at device 11.9 on pci0 de0: Asante 21140A [10/100Mb/s] pass 2.2 de0: address 00:00:94:83:44:3f de0: enabling 10baseT port ahc0: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI adapter> port 0x1200-0x12ff mem 0x8000000-0x8000fff irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci0 aic7880: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs pci0: <ATI Mach64-GT graphics accelerator> at 19.0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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