Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:19:52 +0100 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "J.D. Bronson" <jbronson@wixb.com> Subject: Re: 5.2 IDE to SCSI upgrade Message-ID: <200402261719.56460.h@schmalzbauer.de> In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040226064925.00a9a790@localhost> References: <6.0.3.0.2.20040226064925.00a9a790@localhost>
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--Boundary-02=_syhPAH9Yxes7aQ8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2004 13:52 schrieb J.D. Bronson: > I need some help and it might not be related to FreeBSD, but I am hoping > someone can offer me advise. > > I did a full install of 5.2 on IDE and still have the generic kernel. > Fbsd sees my scsi card just fine :) > > (Adaptec 29160LP)+ IBM eServer X305 > > ..Problem is, that when I fire up the machine with the scsi drive attache= d, > it tries to boot off of that instead of the IDE drive...Well that drive > still contains another *BSD ... > > I have tried to setup the IBM BIOS to boot off of DISK0 or DISK1 and > nothing works.... > > What can I do so that I can boot off the IDE with the SCSI drive attached= !? > ..from there, I can slice/dice and dump/restore and finish my conversion > over to the SCSI drive... > > Any thoughts? - Thanks! If the BIOSes are crappy, try a bootloader. I can recommend GAG since you c= an=20 boot it from floppy without the need to touch any hard drive. Once you solv= ed=20 your problem, just remove the floppy or if you're happy with GAG install it= =20 on hd. Link: http://gag.sourceforge.net/ =2DHarry > > -JDB > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_syhPAH9Yxes7aQ8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAPhysBylq0S4AzzwRAk/oAJ9BvSev7B+vL06pCcvK/eRChQdxEACfRzEQ 7Bdt0iy0Y4e296b4gAxXWJs= =lvQo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_syhPAH9Yxes7aQ8--
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