From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 17:18:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 58E2C16A403 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:18:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (smtp-out.fcibroadband.com [64.119.104.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3226B13C45D for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobmc@bobmc.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-in1.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47DC21B177F for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:18:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp-out1 ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with SMTP id 08113-04 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:18:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [209.104.163.93]) by smtp-out.fcibroadband.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B6F1B23C2 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 12:18:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <459BE54E.90700@bobmc.net> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:18:06 -0500 From: bobmc User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060615) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20070103024752.J35175@prime.gushi.org> <459b88b9.NlLNVLXjazAML5Pv%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20070103114621.N52719@prime.gushi.org> In-Reply-To: <20070103114621.N52719@prime.gushi.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Easier way to install on 3ware 9550 card? 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: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:18:12 -0000 Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jan 2007, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >>> I have a new system with NO FLOPPY CONTROLLER and a 3ware 9550 >>> card. It's a 1u system -- sticking extra things into PCI slots >>> as a workaround is likely to be impossible. >> >> Any possibility of using a USB floppy drive? > > Will the BSD installer recognize a USB floppy drive? > >>> 3) Adding the kldload command to the emergency holographic shell >>> (I was able to do an NFS mount from within it, but had no way to >>> load the driver). >> >> Maybe put kldload on that NFS mount along with the module to be >> loaded, and run it from there? > > I had considered that, but feared hitting version issues. Obviously > sysinstall needs both "mount" and "kldload" functionality -- why > aren't they in the emergency shell (For that matter, why isn't "ls"?) > > If this many years later we're still emulating floppies, there's a > problem, folks. > > -Dan > >>Dan: If this many years later we're still emulating floppies..... Hey, it works for Slackware :-) You reminded me of the following article which stated (in 2004) that sysinstall was semioffically at end of life? -Bob- http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/why.html