Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 08:24:15 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPI cds on 2.1? Message-ID: <9605071524.AA07322@gnu.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 May 1996 19:59:18 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960506195647.26792F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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Well, I ju> On Mon, 6 May 1996, Marty Leisner wrote: > > > > > I'm about the reinstall 2.1 using ATAPI drives... > > > > I read the docs, and it talks about: > > the drivers are alpha > > the atapi drives has to be master (not slave) > > > > I'm not sure why I have to specify this... (on linux its just > > /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, etc). > > > > If you want to know if the atapi install has a remote possibility of > working, give it a shot. In some cases it may be necessary to put -c on > the Boot: prompt to make sure wdc1 is set properly, but other than that > it may work. > I wasn't sure what C option, I have ide 0 -- 696 mbyte disk, 4x cdrom ide 1 -- 1.2gigabyte disk, 6x cdrom (both cdroms are slaves) The messages at boot time didn't detect them... > The easiest install methods in order IMHO: > > 1) CDROM (SCSI preferred) > 2) FTP > 3) NFS > 4) Floppies > 5) DOS > I tried ftp install...it wanted to ftp off an internet site (which means you have direct connection to the internet...(no gateways). I just wanted to ftp to another machine... The other machine is running linux...running nfsd I had to on linux --allow-non-root (don't fully understand this, this is the linux nfs-server) Also something on linux which is very convenient is I can just do export / and get the whole tree, it seems in freebsd I have to export each file system manually in exportfs... Also, the install insists on swap space...I made a 1Mbyte swap filesystem to make it happy (it should be smarter). It also would be much easier to check options as you go along, instead of complaining at the commit/extract phase... I also find the fact you want to install with floppies over dos is kinda hard to believe ;-) I just got system commander...it talks about solaris, linux, NT, OS/2 but no freebsd...any success stories? > Your order may vary. :-) > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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