Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:30:28 +0100 From: Sven Hazejager <sven@chain.demon.nl> To: johan.andersson@combindweb.com Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation... Message-ID: <3A37B234.E60F26B3@chain.demon.nl> References: <200012131814.AA61210668@combindweb.com>
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Hi, You need to get a customized kernel up and running, which supports your RAID card AND supports the MFS root option. Then create the two installation floppies, kern.flp and mfsroot.flp. Replace the kernel.gz on the installation floppy with the one you created. Then install FreeBSD, using the floppies to boot. After installing, FreeBSD will fail to boot because it has installed a new kernel without support for your RAID card ;-). Simply boot from floppies, with the rootdev option at the boot loader set to your hard disk. And then copy the kernel from the floppy to /. I've done this just yesterday with a 3Ware RAID controller. Search deja.com for extra information. Good luck, Sven "johan.andersson" wrote: > > Hello! > I have a big problem installing FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE > The problem is: > I have a Raid-card (Adaptec 7896), but the freebsd-installation say that it can not find any disk. > > How do I fix this? > The mashine is going to be a webserver, and I need it up and running now... > > Thanks > // Johan Andersson > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- You know, if there's one thing I've learned from being in the army, it's never ignore a pooh-pooh. I knew a major: got pooh-poohed; made the mistake of ignoring the pooh-pooh -- he pooh-poohed it. Fatal error, because it turned out all along that the soldier who pooh-poohed him had been pooh-poohing a lot of other officers, who pooh-poohed their pooh-poohs. In the end, we had to disband the regiment -- morale totally destroyed ... by pooh-pooh! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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