From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 29 07:21:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA07966 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:21:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from border.com (janus.border.com [199.71.190.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA07957 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 07:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by janus.border.com id <20491>; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:26:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:20:46 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall To: Robert Burns <103302.2176@compuserve.com> Cc: FreeBsd Subject: Re: SyQuest SCSI Drives In-Reply-To: <960129023325_103302.2176_IHH49-1@CompuServe.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Message-Id: <96Jan29.102647est.20491@janus.border.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 28 Jan 1996, Robert Burns wrote: I am running a SyQuest EZ135 External SCSI drive at home.... It is NOT my boot drive but it will function as a boot drive because the system thinks it is a 'standard hard disk' that just happens to be removable.... I even managed to get ti setup as my primary drive but changed my setup because I wanted it to be usable as a backup device also..... BTW: I got the drive from a MAC WareHouse for less than I would have gotten it as ANY PC supplier.... > > Hi there, > > I have noticed alot of people asking questions about Freebsd support of SyQuest > drives but I haven't seen anything concrete. Has someone managed to boot from a > SyQuest drive installed as a second hard drive. > > I went through the entire 2.0.5 install process successfully but when I came to > boot off sd(1,a)/kernel, I got a repeated error message.... > > ERROR: C:0 H:0 S:0 > > What's up? Anyone have the solution yet. I am not subscribed to the mailing list > so please resond directly. > > Robert Burns > 103302.2176@compuserve.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any comments or opinions in this message are my own and may or may not reflect the comments or opinions of my present or previous employers. Jerry Kendall Border Network Technologies Inc. System Software Engineer Tel +1-416-368-7157 ext 303 jerry@border.com Fax +1-416-368-7178