From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 1 14:29: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlas.iexpress.net.au (atlas.iexpress.net.au [203.38.34.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5931315076 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikey@iexpress.net.au) Received: from localhost (mikey@localhost) by atlas.iexpress.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA68141; Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:28:16 +0800 (WST) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 06:28:16 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Slater To: Richard Morte Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: A new FreeBSD boot disk was (Iwill SCSI Host Adapter) In-Reply-To: <38455134.1F32E09A@sinclairassoc.force9.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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