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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:26:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      Tom <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Kenneth W Cochran <kwc@world.std.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.2.5 install w/DPT hba
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971126102350.8105A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711261709.AA28007@world.std.com>

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On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:

> 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).

  After doing the install boot again with the floppy, and use the fixit
disk.  Then copy the DPT kernel to your root filesystem.  You will
probably have to mount root first:  mount /dev/sd0a /mnt

> 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?)

  The kernel source files are the ssys* files in the distribution.  Unpack
them in /usr/src

Tom





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