Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 16:46:42 -0500 From: Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com> To: "Brian McCloskey" <bmccloskey@leader-group.com>, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 7895 On-Board SCSI Controller Message-ID: <v04003a0bb141cbdc76cb@[208.140.182.45]> In-Reply-To: <351BF658.80512228@leader-group.com>
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At 13:56 -0500 98.03.27, Brian McCloskey wrote: >Currently, all of my drives are on my Adaptec controller, so I was >wondering if anybody had any information on applying the cam software, >or some other devices/patches to my boot floppy so that I can get the >system to see the drive so that I can install FreeBSD (version I have is >From my monday post on the same subject: >At 15:26 -0500 98.03.23, Bob Beaulieu wrote: >>I notice in FAQ that FreeBSD works with: >>AH-294x and aic7870 MB controllers (Narrow/Twin/Wide) <PCI>. >> >>I'm thinking about buying the 333mhz pentium ii and >>intel dk 440lx m/b, usb, wol, agp chipset, crystal audio, >>dual scsi, raid connection. Which I understand is using >>Adaptec 7895 MB controller. Will this work with FreeBSD? > >Yes. At least mine does. > >You need to run -current, you need CAM, and (last I checked), you need to >have a kernel based on the March 12 source base. > >To install, you will need the CAM based floppy kernel. Look in /incomming. >Once you have installed, and installed the cam-kernel via the fixit floppy, >you will need to boot with -a at the boot prompt -- at least I did. > >Not sure that AGP is working, I chickened out and went with PCI for my >first graphics card. > >So far, I don't have working audio or serial, and have not tried RAID. > >Good luck: you will need it. > >+C > NB, last nights source seems to work... so far. Also, make sure your disk is labeled (via disklabel) as SCSI... for some reason, mine insisted on labeling itself as ESDI (well, *I* certainly didn't do it!) +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/chipmerchant.html>; Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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