Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:25:51 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Cameron Stuart <cstuart@nextdigital.com> Subject: Re: Problems Installing FreeBSD 6.2 - No floppy devices found! Message-ID: <200711210225.58644.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <B18270FF-8AA6-4178-8DA5-6D67936526EB@nextdigital.com> References: <B18270FF-8AA6-4178-8DA5-6D67936526EB@nextdigital.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tuesday 20 November 2007 07:32:36 pm Cameron Stuart wrote: > Hardware: Maxtron AMD opteron with 3ware 4 port PCI express SATA II > raid 5 > > Problem Description: > The 3ware driver must be loaded into the kernel using KLD, but the > floppy device cannot be found > However, the drive exists, and is configured correctly in the BIOS > (IE, the system can boot from the floppy) > > Attempted Solutions: > 1) Tried booting using APCI disabled > 2) Tried set hint.fdc.0.flags="1" and the boot shell before continuing > into the sysinstall > 3) Tried enabling & disabling the floppy device in the BIOS > > Any suggestions or solutions you may have would be greatly appreciated > > Cheers, > Cam > Which 3ware card do you have? I made 6.2 iso with working 96xx drivers on them so you can do a regular old install off the cd. I can give you a download link if you'd like, just need to know if you want amd64 or i386. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5A8C 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHQ+uWJvkB8SevrssRAtANAJ0RQL7cufc8K4fubNz9VJKsde8xdwCfbka/ r/jq1P9NlZn8A5RIRVImgcE= =QIz7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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