Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 22:34:16 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1 Install trouble -- can't see SCSI CD-ROM Message-ID: <199904080434.WAA10787@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Apr 1999 03:35:18 %2B0200." <199904080135.DAA14359@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Hi, > Darryl Okahata wrote in list.freebsd-scsi: > > Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> wrote: > > > I can confirm that 3.1-RELEASE and 3.1-stable cannot install > > > from a SCSI CD-ROM drive. This is clearly a sysinstall bug. > > = > > I can confirm that 3.1-RELEASE *will* install from a SCSI CDROM= > > drive. I know -- I've done it. Here's part of my dmesg: > > [...] > > You're probably running into some issue with your SCSI controll= er. > = > As I wrote in my message, I tried it with several different > boxes with very different hardware (and different SCSI host > adapters). So that was probably not causing the problem. > = > That's just what I did: Insert kern.flp and CD-ROM #1, boot, > insert mfsroot.flp when requested. Kernel will find the CD- > ROM drive. Sysinstall doesn't recognize it, unless it's an > IDE CD-ROM drive. I can also confirm a system install of 3.1R from a SCSI cdrom drive. An asus p2l97-ds, with an older (3-4 years) plextor scsi cdrom drive. -- Steve Passe | powered by = smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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