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Subject: Re: Mylex960 SCSI
In-Reply-To: <378c8ad5.17fd.0@socket.net> from "vaevictus@socket.net" at "Jul 14, 1999 08:04:21 am"
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> When i try to install BSD off the floppies, I got a nasty hex system dump.  I
> pulled out my Mylex 960 SCSI controller and it'll boot off the same floppies,
> so i figure it's the problem.
> Does FreeBSD support the Mylex controllers?
> If it does, how am I supposed to install it?

If the hex dump is happening before the kernel gets control, the
problem may be in the boot code.  You'd best let us know at what
stage this is happening, and preferably transcribe the dump info
and send it along.  What version of FreeBSD you're trying to install
would also be a help.

--
Robert Nordier


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