From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 5 17:38:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA04846 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 17:38:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bartman.ic.sunysb.edu (bartman.ic.sunysb.edu [129.49.12.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA04837 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 17:38:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jsabella@ic.sunysb.edu) Received: from ic.sunysb.edu (as4-20.dialup.sunysb.edu [129.49.81.26]) by bartman.ic.sunysb.edu (8.8.7/8.8.3) with ESMTP id UAA02431; Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:38:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <352823FC.A39007A9@ic.sunysb.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 20:38:21 -0400 From: Jason Sabella X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Pavelcak CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New information... References: <0EQY009OOMS2B5@pobox1.oit.umass.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greg, Thank you for your response. Do you know the FTP site where I can download this, and what directory and exactly what files I should download? Thank you for your help! Jason Sabella Greg Pavelcak wrote: > > On 5 Apr, Jason Sabella wrote: > > Hi Neil. I have the Gateway 2000 G6266 with the 6.4GIG hdd and the > > Promise Ultra DMA like you had said. I'm not sure if you saw some older > > messages of mine, but I'm trying to install it onto the empty 2.1 GIGS > > at the end of the disk(The first 2.1 GIGS is for DOS's C partition and > > the middle 2.1 GIGS is for DOS's D partition). But anyways, FreeBSD > > can't read the controller. When I go to install FreeBSD from the > > CD-ROM, I run install.bat, which executes the line: > > > > fbsdboot.exe -D kernel > > > > You had said to add the -current parameter, but it doesn't recognize > > such a parameter. Is this where you wanted me to type it in or is it > > somewhere else? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Jason Sabella > > --- > > > Jason, > > Been following this thread some. "-current" is not a parameter for you > to type in, it is the "bleeding edge" version of FreeBSD. It's not too > difficult to switch to -current; however, you need to decide if you > really want to. I suppose if that's the only place for Promise Ultra33 > support, then you don't have much choice other than to give up on the > Ultra DMA (I'm not sure if that's supported outside of -current either). > > Read the Handbook section on "Staying Current" carefully (Since you're > sending e-mail, I'm assuming you can get the FreeBSD docs either on a > CD or at the web site). Also read any other stuff on -current and > "making the world" that you can find. Believe the warnings!! Just in > the past few weeks people running current have had file systems hosed > because of bugs that sneak in. > > One possibility that's somewhat safer is to upgrade to an old -current > instead of a new one (**man cvsup** you can specify the date of the > sources you want). I installed sources from Feb 26 and they seem to be > OK; however, I am not what you would call a power user. I started to use > -current out of curiosity--like a kid who has to touch the burner > because he doesn't his parents when they tell hime it's hot. > > I'm posting back to the list so that others who have advice on using > current can chime in. > > Good luck. > > Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message