Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 20:39:49 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Arun Moorthy <moorthy@cs.unc.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install disk for CAM AND 3c905? Message-ID: <199810090339.UAA02760@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Oct 1998 23:26:40 EDT." <Pine.SOL.3.96.981008232133.19311A-100000@buzzard.cs.unc.edu>
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> > Greetings. > > I need to install FreeBSd on a whole bunch of machines. > These machines need a boot.flp that has a kernel that has both CAM and a > device driver for the 3c905 XL card (xl0). > > long hours have passed in my effort to build my own install floppies, with > no success. > > Right now, the only solution seems to be to use a CAM boot.flp that does > not support the xl0 card, use a different network card for the install > stage (by swapping cards on each machine when installing) and then to use > my kernel that has both CAM and xl0 support. I presume that you're trying to install the 2.2CAM snapshot? Save yourself some grief and do this: - Install using a 3.0-BETA install floppy. Change the release name in the options screen to match the 2.2CAM snap. - Have a 2.2CAM snapshot kernel handy which you've built by adding the 'xl' driver for 2.2 from Bill Paul's page. - Copy the customised kernel in place after the install but before you reboot. Building install floppies isn't easy at the moment. We're trying to make it easier though. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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