From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 4 03:58:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB1316A418 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 03:58:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (prime.gushi.org [72.9.101.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89CE513C478 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2007 03:58:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) Received: from prime.gushi.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l843wbrc016774 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:58:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm@prime.gushi.org) DKIM-Signature: v=0.5; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple/simple; d=prime.gushi.org; s=primegushiorg; t=1188878317; bh=aeLBJX7St1AFrNVDt+9XC2slDQw=; h=DomainKey-Signature: Received:Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=VsdTeO11qrYnwQMpQ926n5E65tAX31QMzahvx KzpBIIZV6wAnl6I0WVkjsRdWLs+7UV1Q5N/NLMY+RdErpXR2Q== DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=primegushiorg; d=prime.gushi.org; c=nofws; q=dns; h=received:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:message-id: references:mime-version:content-type; b=GZCYKmcXk06mrFDRrJmO/RyzKpI7sUesABcuMF3ITOV3ER7Q+HbQYJarvSDn5Ua9t q1m9T6OhPW5MstqijuHwQ== Received: (from danm@localhost) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id l843wbHF016773; Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:58:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from danm) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 23:58:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" To: Kevin Kobb , questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <45ACCB03.1080805@skylinecorp.com> Message-ID: References: <20070112174148.B17854@prime.gushi.org> <45ACCB03.1080805@skylinecorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Cc: Subject: Re: Sysinstall: No Floppy Devices Found 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, 04 Sep 2007 03:58:41 -0000 On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Kevin Kobb wrote: > I have found that when I do an install with an install.cfg file on a floppy, > I must insert the floppy right after the system begins to boot from CD. If I > don't when I tell sysinstall to read the floppy I get an error. > > As a work around, if I go into the options and select rescan for hardware > devices (not sure if that is the exact wording) after inserting the floppy > disk, it will work OK as well. Might be worth a try. No luck. I've rescanned time after time, and get nothing. No sloppy devices show up in dmesg, cannot use mount_msdosfs to access the floppy, etc. This is truly, truly frustrating, as I am trying to follow THESE instructions: http://3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=14850 I've even tried installing to an external (non-raid) drive in an attempt to use that drive as a "really big floppy". The boot loader doesn't know how to see the BSD partition on it, and apparently can only see "raw" bios drives. Another possible approach was to try and boot from the single drive and then use sysinstall to install onto the RAID array, but I've had issues with that before. As an aside, the module HAS to be loaded before the boot process, so I can't use kldload to load the module from a fixit floppy or something like that. My workaround at the moment is that I am downloading a snapshot ISO of -STABLE It might be nice if the "loading modules from floppy" procedure (while rarely required) was better documented. -Dan -- "It's three o'clock in the morning. It's too late for 'oops'. After Locate Updates, don't even go there." -Paul Baecker January 3, 2k Indeed, sometime after 3AM --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------