From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Nov 26 10:36:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA07992 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:36:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA07982 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@sdf.com) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.73 #1) id 0xamAs-00026o-00; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:26:58 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:26:56 -0800 (PST) From: Tom To: Kenneth W Cochran cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.5 install w/DPT hba In-Reply-To: <199711261709.AA28007@world.std.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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