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Date:      Thu, 6 Aug 1998 12:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jack Freelander <jack@cs.cs.miami.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec IAC 7895
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061214120.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.96.980801201454.19957A-100000@cs.cs.miami.edu>

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On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Jack Freelander wrote:

> I have a copy of Free BSD 2.2.6.  I am able to boot up off the CD-ROM
> successfully, but it hangs if i use the "graphical" set up tool for
> configuring your hardware.
> 
> I was able to get past this by using the CLI.  However, after selecting a
> Novice Installation the install program tells me that it could not find
> any drives.
> 
> I have a brand new Pentium II motherboard with an on-board SCSI
> controller (an Adaptec AIC 7895).  I cannot find this on the list of
> supported SCSI controllers.  Is there a compatible driver to use, or is
> there some other way that I can resolve this error?

You need to get a CAMified boot floppy which support the AIC7895.  See
http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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