Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 19:59:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI cds on 2.1? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960506195647.26792F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9605061712.AA05177@gnu.mc.xerox.com>
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On Mon, 6 May 1996, Marty Leisner wrote: > > I'm about the reinstall 2.1 using ATAPI drives... > > I read the docs, and it talks about: > the drivers are alpha > the atapi drives has to be master (not slave) > > I'm not sure why I have to specify this... (on linux its just > /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc). > > Would it make more sense to bootstrap with dist on dos or over nfs to another > machine? I don't understand what you mean here. If you want to know if the atapi install has a remote possibility of working, give it a shot. In some cases it may be necessary to put -c on the Boot: prompt to make sure wdc1 is set properly, but other than that it may work. The easiest install methods in order IMHO: 1) CDROM (SCSI preferred) 2) FTP 3) NFS 4) Floppies 5) DOS Your order may vary. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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