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Date:      Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:00:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
To:        Jin Guojun <jin@george.lbl.gov>
Cc:        brandon@schoolpeople.net, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: K7V problem? <- Make sure DIMM is in slot 1
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010160943160.31153-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
In-Reply-To: <200010161610.e9GGAJc04440@portnoy.lbl.gov>

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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jin Guojun wrote:

:> ?NT's boot cd worked.  Win98's boot cd failed in the exact same manner
:> ?FreeBSD's does, so I used a Win98 install floppy.  Niether the FreeBSD
:> ?4.1.1-R cdrom, nor a boot floppy from that release will boot.  Yes, I
:> ?tested them on another machine to make sure they work.
:
:So, it is not FreeBSD only issue.

Yes, it's specific to FreeBSD.

:> ?As I stated in my initial post, all drives except the LS-120 are SCSI.
:
:I am not sure that FreeBSD CD can boot from SCSI CD drives. It may boot
:from IDE drives only (not positive; I know 2.2.8 CD boots on IDE only;
:or perhaps, it is BIOS related issue.)

BIOS related.  I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.8 from SCSI cdrom using bootable
CD with no problems in the past.

:And little confusion here, all drives are SCSI except the LS-120 ???
:I know Sun uses SCSI floppy drives, but I doubt PC users use SCSI floppy.
:Just want to make things clear. I am not sure FreeBSD will boot from a SCSI
:floppy either. If you did have a SCSI floppy drive and a SCSI CD drive, then
:FreeBSD probably would not boot from either drive.

I installed FreeBSD from my SCSI CDROM drive on my old FIC PA-2007 with no
problem.  A bootable CD is a bootable CD.

While there is such a thing as a SCSI floppy drive, I don't have one.  I
don't have a floppy drive at all.  I have the LS-120, which is IDE (if I
could have found a SCSI version, I'd have it instead).  The LS-120 uses
standard 3.5" floppy disks or the 120MB UHD floppies.  It replaces a
traditional floppy drive.

Jamie Bowden

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