From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 09:46:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F9D91065703 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:46:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (kontrol.kode5.net [80.229.5.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5248FC1A for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:46:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q959kc4T076332 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 10:46:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) Received: (from jamie@localhost) by kontrol.kode5.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q959kc0m076331 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Oct 2012 10:46:38 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jamie@kode5.net) X-Authentication-Warning: kontrol.kode5.net: jamie set sender to jamie@kode5.net using -f Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 10:46:38 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20121005094638.GB75994@kontrol.kode5.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1A15A9DAF0634AF699ED40F6DC23B8C7@win2snvu0x4eg9> <15B5355594FE4537BCF83478F2773D0F@mainbay> <20121005010838.GA43126@neutralgood.org> <6F966E862CDF4637A355449487B7BA16@mainbay> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: x-operating-system: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 x-pgp-fingerprint: A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38 x-pgp-key: 1D31DC38 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.6 at kontrol.kode5.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 with LSI MegaRAID 9265-8i X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:46:41 -0000 [ Joe Mays wrote on Thu 4.Oct'12 at 22:26:01 -0400 ] > Well, this is a real problem. I have nothing where I am to build and burn an > ISO, and I am trying to work with someone several states away through an > IKVM switch. The server-to-be is on a port on the switch and I need them to > download the ISO via FTP and burn it to a disc and drop it in the tray. > Right now I'll happily pay $50 to to anyone who can provide me with an ISO > of 8.3 stable in a location that I can provide to the person in missouri so > he can download it and create the DVD. I'm serious. Paypal is at the ready. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Miller" > To: "Joe Mays" > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 9:55 PM > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.3 with LSI MegaRAID 9265-8i > > > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Joe Mays wrote: > >>> Which ISO? The driver didn't make it into 8.3-RELEASE. Do you have a > >>> stable/8 iso that was made sometime after the 8.3 release? > >> > >> > >> No, I was trying to install from 8.3 RELEASE. Where do I get a .iso of > >> 8.3 > >> STABL:E that will include the new mfi driver? I can't find one on the ftp > >> site. > > > > There is no ISO to download. The most recent stable/8 code at > > http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/ includes the driver. Check it > > out and build a release ISO based on that code. Reference the URL > > below, but don't pay any mind to "patching sysinstall", "kernel > > config", or "Executing/Using the kernel" sections and it'll guide you > > in building a release. Once the release is built, run mkisofs on it > > and you'll have your ISO. When you install the 8.3-RELEASE, just use svn to download to stable source tree and rebuild the system from source, then you'll have the version you need. Are you able to do that?