Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:47:03 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> Cc: "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Adaptec 2940 Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOOEEACMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <000d01c19b76$87a57ba0$6600000a@ach.domain>
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To boot off of the cd drive you have go into your bios and tell
it to boot from cdrom and not scsi drive.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew C. Hornback
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:37 AM
To: Douglas Atkin; questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: Adaptec 2940
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Douglas Atkin
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:01 AM
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Adaptec 2940
>
> Greetings,
>
> I am attempting to install BSD for the first time. I
> am unable to get my computer to boot off of the CD so
> I downloaded the startup disks (kern & msfroot. I
> notice in the kernal device configuration GUI there is
> not a driver for my Adaptec 2940 SCSI card however it
> is supported according to the hardware document. I
> cannot seem to locate how to install the driver onto
> the boot disk.
>
> Please assist.
The 2940 won't be listed, as it's a PCI card. The graphical (ASCII)
configuration setup is only for specifying ISA cards. Do not be alarmed.
Most PCI cards are found by FreeBSD's hardware probe.
> I chose a different driver to move forward not
> necessarily expecting the install to work but rather
> get to a point where I could pull the OS then fix the
> driver later. I am attempting to accomplish a ethernet
> connection using DHCP. The machine cannot locate a
> DHCP server and I think this is do to not recognizing
> my SMC NICs which are also supported according to the
> hardware list.
>
> Please assist.
Which model NIC? That would be helpful in this instance.
> My CDROM is not on the hw list but is a SCSI NEC
> connected to the adaptec 2940. During the 100 lines
> of initialization it is recognized. I have exhausted
> my means at this point.
The fact that your SCSI CD-Rom is found during the system boot
process
means that FreeBSD has found your Adaptec controller. Or are you saying
that it is not found?
> How can I get connected to put the OS on the box.
> Thanks sincerely.
Well, if you're wanting to do a network install, we need to get that
CD-Rom
working. If you're wanting to use the CD-Rom, that should be possible
unless I'm missing something in your post.
--- Andy
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