Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 12:57:25 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DPT in GENERIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310125509.29987B-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <E0yCWFm-0000KT-00@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Ted Spradley wrote: > > The DPT driver allows FreeBSD users the use of a family of SCSI RAID > > controllers which are typically used in high end servers. For details > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I'd bet that folks who've got these DPT things don't often run GENERIC kernels > on their high-end servers, and probably don't have too much trouble getting > FreeBSD installed on those high-end servers even though the GENERIC kernel > lacks a driver they need. The GENERIC kernel has to fit on the boot floppy Since DPT is a disk controller, it is pretty hard to make a system boot from a DPT connected disk unless dpt is in the GENERIC kernel to begin with. The dpt driver must be on the boot floppy to even install. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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