Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 10:19:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <wotan@fosburgh.dyndns.org> To: Gregory Lewis <glewis@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't mount root -- new boot loader Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904051018440.69529-100000@fosburgh.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <9904051501.AA25937@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au>
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> > Ignore this part if you know a solution to the above :). You might have > noted I said "temporary" installation. My ultimate goal is to install > FreeBSD on the SCSI disks. Unfortunately I have a 3950U2B SCSI controller > which isn't supported in 3.1-RELEASE (I need 3.1-STABLE from March 23rd or > better). The problem is of course since the SCSI disks were the only hard > disks I have no way of commencing the installation when I can't detect > them :(. I tried (on another machine) cvsup'ing the source and making > new mfsroot and kern floppies, but they don't go into the install program > correctly when I boot (must be doing soemthing stupid :(). I've also tried > a lot of different picobsd configurations, none of which seem to get > everything I need. I've now hooked up this small spare ide disk and hope > to get things going that way which I think is my best chance if I can just > get it to boot after I install! You might try one of the snapshots on current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386 Jonathan Fosburgh Geotechnician Snyder Oil Corporation Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html ICQ: 32742908 AIM: Namthorien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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