Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:18:06 -0500 From: bobmc <bobmc@bobmc.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easier way to install on 3ware 9550 card? Message-ID: <459BE54E.90700@bobmc.net> In-Reply-To: <20070103114621.N52719@prime.gushi.org> References: <20070103024752.J35175@prime.gushi.org> <459b88b9.NlLNVLXjazAML5Pv%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20070103114621.N52719@prime.gushi.org>
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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
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