From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Nov 26 09:09:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA01792 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:09:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [199.172.62.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA01784 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:09:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kwc@world.std.com) Received: from world.std.com by europe.std.com (8.7.6/BZS-8-1.0) id MAA26216; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:09:07 -0500 (EST) Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA28007; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:09:06 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 12:09:06 -0500 From: kwc@world.std.com (Kenneth W Cochran) Message-Id: <199711261709.AA28007@world.std.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.5 install w/DPT hba Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm trying to install 2.2.5 from cd onto system(s) with a DPT SCSI hba. I boot with the boot floppy from shimon@i-connect.net but the kernel that goes onto the hd is from the cd. Simon's driver seems fine, but I haven't been able to test things (ie. tapes). I *really* need some kind of installation procedure/outline. 1. Booting 2. Kernel installation (so I can reboot). 3. Kernel re-configuration/rebuilding from source (ie. Which source/binary file(s) do I need to get so I can do this? (& where do they need to go?) For BSDI, there are bootimages, files & instructions available from DPT. I've done this & it works quite nicely. I get excellent support from DPT & have for years. Linux, SunSoft & SCO support DPT natively (for a few years now). I've used them all. I'm becoming more than just a little frustrated; this tedium, combined with my hurriedness/carelessness resulted in a major unrecoverable data loss (on the Unix partition I was trying to use to make the installation media... :-(((( Many thanks, Ken Cochran