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Date:      Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:16:23 -0500
From:      Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net>
To:        Thor Legvold <tlegvold@c2i.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to install w/o bootdisk controller support?
Message-ID:  <19981117181623.A14997@palomine.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19981117232728.007c7990@popa.c2i.net>; from Thor Legvold on Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 11:27:28PM %2B0100
References:  <3.0.6.32.19981117232728.007c7990@popa.c2i.net>

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On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 11:27:28PM +0100, Thor Legvold wrote:
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> 
> 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

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