Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:31 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "C.M. Burns" <montiburns@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrate harddisk with FreeBSD into new machine Message-ID: <20080814210930.GD4558@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <48A49859.3040604@googlemail.com> References: <48A478C5.3030002@googlemail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080814135612.025a8730@mail.computinginnovations.com> <48A481AE.9080209@googlemail.com> <20080814202233.GB4558@dan.emsphone.com> <48A49859.3040604@googlemail.com>
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In the last episode (Aug 14), C.M. Burns said: > Dan Nelson schrieb: > > In the last episode (Aug 14), C.M. Burns said: > >> maybe there is a way to use the "loader prompt" to manually load > >> the module? it is a buslogic bt948 controller. i would rather not > >> compile a new kernel :) > > > > I was going to suggest building the buslogic driver as a module and > > then loading it from floppy at the loader prompt, but it doesn't > > look like the "bt" driver is available in module form. Do you > > maybe have an Adaptec SCSI card you could use instead, at least > > until you can rebuild the kernel? I know modules for those are on > > the install CD (newer cards will be managed by the ahc or ahd > > drivers). > > I could switch to an LSI logic megaraid controller, but i have to > check the version when i am back at work on monday. how can i load > modules from floppy disk at loader prompt? run "lsdev" to determine which bios device is your floppy (most likely disk0), then run "load disk0:/amr.ko". The loader will read ufs, msdos, cd9660, and ext2 filesystems, so you could load the module from any number of sources. I don't know if the megaraid controller will make your two disks visible to the host without you configuring them for hardware raid, though. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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