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Date:      Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:01:40 -0400
From:      "Simon" <simon@optinet.com>
To:        "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>, "Joerg Traeger" <jtraeger@rhein-ruhr.de>
Subject:   Re: booting with mylex acceleraid 170
Message-ID:  <20010717200136.BA20837B403@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <01071721560901.00883@server>

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What happens when you select "option rom"? 
does it let you choose from a list of devices?

-Simon

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:56:09 +0200, Joerg Traeger wrote:

>> What are your options as far as choosing boot device?
>>
>> -Simon
>>
>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:06:02 +0200, Joerg Traeger wrote:
>> >Using an Intel ISP1100 and a mylex acceleraid 170 I installed FreeBSD
>> > 4.3R. After rebooting there was no chance to boot the OS. The system
>> > hangs just before coming up / finding its boot device. I tried almost any
>> > combination of bios setup to boot from but it doesn't allow me to choose
>> > SCSI.
>
>the bios offers:
>
>option rom
>floppy
>ide-hdd
>armed-hdd
>ide-floppy
>armed-ide-floppy
>pxe-net#1
>pxe-net#2
>
>this is from memory, so don't count on its spelling...
>FreeBSD-installation was started from floppies.
>
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