From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 23 22:31:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 41F1516A401 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:31:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC84813C478 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:31:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l0NMUqsJ008998; Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:30:52 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070123162726.025a1d98@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:30:39 -0600 To: "John D. Reeve" , From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <001f01c73f2d$9a592480$75f2ce0c@GATEWAY> References: <001f01c73f2d$9a592480$75f2ce0c@GATEWAY> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: SCSI not found during install - help! 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: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:31:18 -0000 You can play with your BIOS settings. In the last part of the installer it will give a list of found drives. You should be using a generic kernel for the install. However in all this, with only 32 MB RAM, it seems a bit pointless. You would do better spending a few dollars for a more current system board you can add some memory to, as you should have at LEAST 64 MB, but I rarely have a system with less than 512 MB if not more. -Derek At 02:32 PM 1/23/2007, John D. Reeve wrote: >Hello All, > >I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a system consisting of an Ampro >Littleboard 486 with 32 Mb ram, a built-in Adaptec 6360 SCSI controller, >an 18.2 Gb Quantum Atlas III SCSI drive (50 pin narrow), a 256 Mb IDE >flash drive containing MS-DOS, and an IDE CD drive. I want FreeBSD to >take over the entire SCSI drive. The SCSI drive has been low-level >formatted using the software that came with the Ampro for the Adaptec >controller. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 using three floppies (boot, >kernel 1, kernel 2) and CD's containing the rest of the system. > >Here is the problem. After booting with the floppies and getting to the >point where I'm supposed to select the drive for FreeBSD, the install >program doesn't see the SCSI drive. It does see the IDE flash drive. The >odd thing is that under MS-DOS, the fdisk program finds the SCSI drive and >allows me to partition it, at least a 230 Mb piece of it. I can format >this piece for DOS and copy files to it, so the drive does seem to be >working. I have the BIOS configured to see the SCSI as the second hard >drive in the system. According to the documentation with the Ampro, the >BIOS can supposedly handle drives of this size or larger. > >Thanks for any help! > >Cheers, >John R. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.