Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:06:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vijay Ramasubramanian <ramasubr@ews.uiuc.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Release-2.2.7 with AdvanSys SCSI Revisited Message-ID: <19981003110619.Q2176@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981002193607.20762B-100000@eesn17.ews.uiuc.edu>; from Vijay Ramasubramanian on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:32PM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981002193607.20762B-100000@eesn17.ews.uiuc.edu>
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On Friday, 2 October 1998 at 19:44:32 -0500, Vijay Ramasubramanian wrote: > Hello. > > No one sent a reply to this message, so I'm bringing it up again. What > I'm asking can't be that difficult -- I'm just new to FreeBSD. > > I'd like to get FreeBSD Release-2.2.7 installed on a server that has an > AdvanSys ABP-940U PCI host adapter. > > Unfortunately, the AdvanSys is supported only through the CAM package. > > How do I get FreeBSD onto this computer? You install CAM. > I have a machine with a Symbios (ncr) '875 chipset that I could install to > first and then patch with the CAM package. Is there some way to use the > computer with the Symbios card to build installation disks or something > similar so that I could install to the machine with the AdvanSys? > > So, FreeBSD gurus, How do I get FreeBSD onto my AdvanSys-based server? I'd suggest using the NCR host adaptor on the server, or the server disk on the machine with the NCR host adaptor, and install like that. Then build a CAM kernel and move back to the original server hardware. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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