Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:28:16 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Slater <mikey@iexpress.net.au> To: Richard Morte <ric@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: A new FreeBSD boot disk was (Iwill SCSI Host Adapter) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912020624290.67714-100000@atlas.iexpress.net.au> In-Reply-To: <38455134.1F32E09A@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk>
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As this card does not seem to work with FreeBSD, perhaps it would be possible to make a new boot disk without the Advansys driver. Like you, this is a duel boot machine and i only need to use the Card under Windows. Anybody know how to make a boot/install disk without the Advansys driver installed ? regards, Michael Slater Internet Express Perth, Western Australia On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Richard Morte wrote: > Dear Michael, > > For a moment I thought someone was able to help me out... (sigh). > > No, sorry, I never did get it fixed. But that's not to say it isn't > fixable. > > I think the problem lies somewhere in the fact that this is a cheap card > and (just like winmodems) may not come with the full complement of > hardware. In particular I'm not even sure if it has an on-board eprom to > which the default values can be written... > > In my case the card is used to back up software on the windows side of a > spare dual boot FreeBSD / Windows machine, so I'd have been happy if the > kernel configuration had ignored it completely. > > Now that there are two of us with the same problem, perhaps someone on > the list might have another look. By all means raise it as a question if > you want - but just be aware that I didn't get any response to all three > postings. I think it's simply an area in which few in the group have any > experience of this particular piece of kit. > > Good luck, and sorry I couldn't help this time. > > Ric > > Michael Slater wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have read your posts in FreeBSD mailing lists regarding the > > Iwill 2930C SCSI Adapter and was wondering if you had managed to solve the > > problem. I also have one of these cards, and get the exact same error that > > you have experienced. > > Or in the end did you just have to go out and buy a different adapter ? > > > > regards, > > > > Michael Slater > > Internet Express > > Perth, Western Australia > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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