From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 17 15:17:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA07055 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:17:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shemp.palomine.net (shemp.palomine.net [205.198.88.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA07021 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 15:16:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjohnson@palomine.net) Received: (qmail 15005 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Nov 1998 23:16:23 -0000 Message-ID: <19981117181623.A14997@palomine.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:16:23 -0500 From: Chris Johnson To: Thor Legvold , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to install w/o bootdisk controller support? References: <3.0.6.32.19981117232728.007c7990@popa.c2i.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981117232728.007c7990@popa.c2i.net>; from Thor Legvold on Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 11:27:28PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 11:27:28PM +0100, Thor Legvold wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi. > > I'm a reasonably experienced Unix user, but have a question. > I'm looking to replace Linux with *BSD, and just found out that > FreeBSD (the only one currently) supports my SCSI controller (DPT > PM2144UW). Unfortunatley, the support is not included in any boot > disks, or on your page (shame on you! I've been doing automated > WWW/Usenet searches for almost a year looking for DPT support and > FreeBSD has had it since 2.2! But your site makes _no_ mention of it > anywhere!) > > So how can I manage to patch a kernel w/o a Unix system (don't know > anyone else with one either) and make a boot disk to install FreeBSD > on my system? The boot disk for 2.2.7 supports the DPT controller. I used it myself to install on a system withe a PM3334UW controller. Chris > > Regards, > Thor > - -- > NextStep, Linux, Wi...system halted To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message