Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:40:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Vijay Ramasubramanian <ramasubr@ews.uiuc.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing Release-2.2.7 with AdvanSys SCSI Revisited Message-ID: <19981003134002.B2176@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981002230405.21905A-100000@eesn17.ews.uiuc.edu>; from Vijay Ramasubramanian on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 11:07:31PM -0500 References: <19981003110619.Q2176@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.GSO.3.96.981002230405.21905A-100000@eesn17.ews.uiuc.edu>
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On Friday, 2 October 1998 at 23:07:31 -0500, Vijay Ramasubramanian wrote: > Thanks for responding. You're welcome. Please keep -questions copied on your replies. >>> How do I get FreeBSD onto this computer? >> >> You install CAM. > > Thank you. I had alreasy surmised that. > >> I'd suggest using the NCR host adaptor on the server, or the server >> disk on the machine with the NCR host adaptor, and install like that. >> Then build a CAM kernel and move back to the original server hardware. > > Is there any way to install to the Symbios machine, patch it with CAM, and > build a CAM-ized installation floppy? No. That's why I suggested the alternative. Building a boot floppy is currently still a black art. You might like to check out http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/, however; I know there used to be boot floppy images available there, but I don't know if that's still the case. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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