From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 31 22:02:37 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEE6516A41F for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:02:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from w8hdkim@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED12B43D5D for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:02:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from w8hdkim@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so2284625nzo for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:02:36 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Ecb4b1o9kyxSFvOK9R8qQn/enXEseYuVxrcjAdr9t/Sl62P7GP674j3D/BCGUrhHmtfmTVFGPvAB+o1QFREZkcWW4Wye9w13ckyyfFPqQtRgmSLcLgvCrIyPuC3KyIksQCDbOkmA5tW+x/yBuhMFgDdCjJuHOIfQrbEeK1b0xQA= Received: by 10.36.79.16 with SMTP id c16mr9506504nzb; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:02:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.158.13 with HTTP; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:02:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <89dbfdc30512311402h3b57d44dj64fe9ded9a72595b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:02:35 -0500 From: Kim Culhan To: Atanas In-Reply-To: <43B59E21.5050602@asd.aplus.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <89dbfdc30512291410n342282eqde3d7a0cae37457e@mail.gmail.com> <43B59E21.5050602@asd.aplus.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-STABLE can't see floppy drive for KLD loading X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:02:38 -0000 On 12/30/05, Atanas wrote: > Kim Culhan said the following on 12/29/05 14:10: > > Trying to install 6.0-STABLE on a Supermicro 5014C-MT server with > > a P8SCT motherboard. > > > > Also installed is a 3Ware 9550SX sata raid controller. > > > > The latest 6.0-STABLE snap from 12-08-05 does not have the version > > of the TWA driver which supports the 9550SX so it would be necessary to > > kldload the binary, available from the 3Ware web site. > > > > Running sysinstall and navigating to Configure-->Load KLD > > the installation fails as it complains: Cant find the floopy > > > > The hardware appears to be good as it is possible to boot a dos floppy. > > > > Have not been successful finding a more recent snap.. the changes for t= he > > 9550SX controller were about a day late to be included in the 12-08 sna= p :( > > > > Any info in greatly appreciated > > > You could do the following: > - attach a standalone drive (IDE,SATA,SCSI) > - install FreeBSD and upgrade it to *-STABLE > - partition a 3ware drive (array, whatever) and make it bootable > - transfer the OS installation from the standalone drive to the 3ware > partition. > > Or you could create a bootable USB (hard, flash, iPod, digital camera, > etc.) drive up to date with -STABLE (see /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd), > boot the 3ware box from it, and install over the network. Thanks for the info, these are good ideas. > I haven't tried the latter myself, but already used a nanobsd based USB > flash drive as emergency recovery media on a 9550SX based box, and it > worked. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to get one of those USB flash drives. The route I took was to make a FBSD release on a recent -stable machine, th= en create in installtion ISO image and burn an installation CD. The machine has been updated to STABLE from a day ago and runs fine with the new 3Ware 9550SX controller. The floopy drive can be used with: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy; ls lists files etc Sysinstall still appears to be broken for the 'Load a KLD from a floppy' function on the Configuration menu. regards -kim -- w8hdkim@gmail.com