Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 08:44:05 +0200 From: Joerg Traeger <jtraeger@rhein-ruhr.de> To: "Simon" <simon@optinet.com>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: booting with mylex acceleraid 170 Message-ID: <01071808440500.00633@server> In-Reply-To: <E15Mb2K-0007Cm-00@MAIL.Rhein-Ruhr.De> References: <E15Mb2K-0007Cm-00@MAIL.Rhein-Ruhr.De>
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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 The system hangs with a black screen and a cursor with the selection "option rom". As far as I know this option deals only with isa devices. I thought it is the best to flash the motherboards bios. Unfortunately the flash tool doesn't fit on one floppy and it isn't clever to prepare a dos hdd because the bios upgarde consists of several files (each 64k). Aaarrgh! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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