From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 11:29:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA23566 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:29:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA23558 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:28:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA04619; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:30:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:30:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Brandon Gillespie cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Boot/Install disk with 'ahc' devices? In-Reply-To: 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, 30 Oct 1996, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > > What do I do to make a 2.1.5 boot/install disk with the ahc SCSI > > > controller devices? I have an Adaptec 2940AU, and I would like to use the > > > disks off it to install onto. > > Yeah, but its not working. I can boot with the 2.2-SNAP floppy and it > works, probing the disks on the device. Booting from 2.1.5-R probes the > PCI device and quickly mentions 'Adaptech' something or other but there > are no drive probes. Odd. If the snap works for you, then go with it. AFAIK the 2940 probe works great in 2.1.5-R. The only machine under my auspices with a 2940 is running an older SNAP tho, but is working ok. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major