From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 24 21:06:50 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA12634 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.116]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA12626 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:06:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00244; Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Karl Strickland cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell DIMENSION XPS 90/AHA-1510A - help In-Reply-To: <199607242027.NAA13358@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Karl Strickland wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 on the above box. Try 2.1.5. The CD should be out in a few weeks, or you can download it from ftp.freebsd.org. > The box has one IDE disk containing win95, and one scsi disk for > FreeBSD. Installation proceeded OK (I take it AHA-1510A is supported > even though I dont see it listed on the CDROM cover?), but it will not > boot from the SCSI disk. I have installed Booteasy but it never lists > the 2nd (scsi!) disk on bootup. > I have tried booting from the floppy, and then entering sd(0,a)/kernel > but it complains about the disk label. This is a different problem. I would be that the detected geometry was wrong or your SCSI controller doesn't have a boot ROM. > I think the problem is that tha AHA-1510A does not support booting from its > devices. Can anyone confirm this? Does your 1510A have a boot ROM? ie, do you get any display after the system memory test regarding the 1510A looking for devices? > If this is the case, I guess I can do something ilke: > > 1. Use fips to shrink the win95 partition ( does fips work OK with > win95?) > > 2. Stick the FreeBSD root partition on the IDE disk after win95. > > This should work, right? Should. If anything, put root on the IDE then put /var and /usr on the SCSI disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major