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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 11:14:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
Cc: Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: installing BSD on scsi drives
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Sounds like a problem with either your CD-ROM or floppy drive, or a
problem with the MB.  One of my machines boots from SCSI and contains
other ATA drives.  Three of my other systems are entirely SCSI.  I've
never seen a problem reading the kernel from boot media.  One thing I did
have to do when adding a 12 18 GB drive shelf was upgrade my controller
firmware (Adpatec 2940UW2 --> 2.20).

Joe Clarke

On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, G. Jason Middleton wrote:

> The only problem is, is that it will not read the kernel from the book
> disk!  CD or floppy, I had this problem in another system one time but did
> not know how to fix it.  The boot disks work fine on other machines.
>
> Jason
>
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Joe Clarke wrote:
>
> > The typical boot CD or floppies support a number of SCSI controllers.
> > SCSI harddrives will be named daX (e.g. da0 for the first SCSI drive).
> > Simply use the drive you wish as the install target.
> >
> > If you encounter a problem booting your install disk, please resend the
> > output of the dmesg boot log that scrolls out on the screen.  During
> > install, you can hit scroll lock, then page up to view this text after
> > FreeBSD has entered sysinstall.
> >
> > Joe Clarke
> >
> > On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, G. Jason Middleton wrote:
> >
> > > How do i do about doing this?  Are there special disks for booting into
> > > setup?
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> > > G. Jason Middleton
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