From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 18:36:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA08809 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:36:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA08758 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:36:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA09448; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:06:20 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA07585; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:06:19 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981003110619.Q2176@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:06:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Vijay Ramasubramanian , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Release-2.2.7 with AdvanSys SCSI Revisited References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Vijay Ramasubramanian on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:32PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Friday, 2 October 1998 at 19:44:32 -0500, Vijay Ramasubramanian wrote: > Hello. > > No one sent a reply to this message, so I'm bringing it up again. What > I'm asking can't be that difficult -- I'm just new to FreeBSD. > > I'd like to get FreeBSD Release-2.2.7 installed on a server that has an > AdvanSys ABP-940U PCI host adapter. > > Unfortunately, the AdvanSys is supported only through the CAM package. > > How do I get FreeBSD onto this computer? You install CAM. > I have a machine with a Symbios (ncr) '875 chipset that I could install to > first and then patch with the CAM package. Is there some way to use the > computer with the Symbios card to build installation disks or something > similar so that I could install to the machine with the AdvanSys? > > So, FreeBSD gurus, How do I get FreeBSD onto my AdvanSys-based server? I'd suggest using the NCR host adaptor on the server, or the server disk on the machine with the NCR host adaptor, and install like that. Then build a CAM kernel and move back to the original server hardware. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message