Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:05:06 -0700 (PDT) From: garyh@agora.rdrop.com (Gary Hanson) To: Mark_Li@zd.com (Mark Li) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install problem with Dual F/W SCSI2 Message-ID: <m0uw8eY-0008vkC@agora.rdrop.com> In-Reply-To: <9608291701.AA2242@mail.zd.com> from "Mark Li" at Aug 29, 96 02:55:42 pm
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> I have an IBM 704: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 stable, but the boot disk install does not > find any adaptors, and reports that it finds no discs. I've disabled the > Wide negotiation. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have one of these also. FreeBSD can't find the onboard controllers because it isn't looking in the right place. There is work underway to fix this problem, perhaps it might be done by 2.2's release. But you can install FreeBSD on the system now; there's a kernel patch to find and use the onboard controllers, but it is only a hack right now. The 'recommended' way of installing FreeBSD is to hook the onboard drives to a different SCSI controller temporarily, install the system, build and install a new kernel with the patch, then remove the temporary controller, hook up the onboard controller, and go. There's also an alternate installation method involving a temporary IDE drive, but I won't go into the details at the moment. Send me mail to get the patch and further info about how to do the installation; I don't want to clutter the list with long messages that are only interesting to a few people. --Gary Hanson garyh@agora.rdrop.com
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