Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 21:22:10 -0700 From: "Russ Peters" <rpeters@rmi.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Compaq question Message-ID: <000701be3d19$f94862e0$8f395da6@circle-p->
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE3CDF.48AFB1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a Compaq ProSignia server with a 486 processor and two 535MB SCSI = hard-drives. The machine has 32 MB of RAM. I haven't seen any = documentation on whether or not this is supported by freeBSD. =20 The reason for this question is due to several failed attempts at = installing the software. The macine boots to the actual install screen. = I choose 'novice' install and it tells me that there are NO DISKS = FOUND! Was I to set this up in the Kernel config? Yes, but did not see = anything pertaining to the SCSI controller found in my system. It is = Compaq of course. =20 Do you have any suggestions? BTW, this machine has to CD-ROM drive so I = am trying to download all the software. I have the /bin directory = copied into the /FREEBSD directory on a blank DOS partition. TIA, Russ Peters ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE3CDF.48AFB1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have a Compaq ProSignia server = with a 486=20 processor and two 535MB SCSI hard-drives. The machine has 32 MB of = RAM. I haven't seen any documentation on whether or not this is = supported=20 by freeBSD. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The reason for this question is due = to several=20 failed attempts at installing the software. The macine boots to = the actual=20 install screen. I choose 'novice' install and it tells me that = there are=20 NO DISKS FOUND! Was I to set this up in the Kernel config? = Yes, but=20 did not see anything pertaining to the SCSI controller found in my = system. =20 It is Compaq of course. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Do you have any suggestions? = BTW, this=20 machine has to CD-ROM drive so I am trying to download all the = software. I=20 have the /bin directory copied into the /FREEBSD directory on a blank = DOS=20 partition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>TIA,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Russ Peters</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE3CDF.48AFB1C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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