From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 21:10:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22577 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:10:30 -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 VAA22572 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:10:26 -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 NAA09928; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:40:04 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id NAA07937; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:40:03 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981003134002.B2176@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:40:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Vijay Ramasubramanian Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Installing Release-2.2.7 with AdvanSys SCSI Revisited References: <19981003110619.Q2176@freebie.lemis.com> 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 11:07:31PM -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 23:07:31 -0500, Vijay Ramasubramanian wrote: > Thanks for responding. You're welcome. Please keep -questions copied on your replies. >>> How do I get FreeBSD onto this computer? >> >> You install CAM. > > Thank you. I had alreasy surmised that. > >> 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. > > Is there any way to install to the Symbios machine, patch it with CAM, and > build a CAM-ized installation floppy? No. That's why I suggested the alternative. Building a boot floppy is currently still a black art. You might like to check out http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/, however; I know there used to be boot floppy images available there, but I don't know if that's still the case. 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