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From: jwb@wilbur.hargray.com (Joe Beiter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Adaptec 1452CP Boot failure..
Date: 23 Oct 1995 08:02:28 -0400
Organization: Hargray Communications Group
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Message-ID: <46g08k$6r3@wilbur.hargray.com>
References: <46c0le$me3@eplet.mira.net.au> <46dbo6$28j@hal.in-berlin.de>
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In article <46dbo6$28j@hal.in-berlin.de>,
Dirk Froemberg <dirk@hal.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>In <46c0le$me3@eplet.mira.net.au> jbh@werple.mira.net.au (John Hartley) writes:
>
>
>>I have been trying to get FreeBSD 2.0.5 running (from Walnut Creek CD)
>>and am having problems on bootup (after successful installation).
>
>>Adaptec 1452CP SCSI Controller (@11/330/5) SCSI ID=7,
>> [...]
>
>This problem was discussed on the FreeBSD-questions mailing list
>a month ago.
>
[patch for aha1542cp follows]


Sorry if this is an obvious question but how do you load this if you're 
installing off of cdrom and do not have another controller? The system never
gets to boot so theres no way to patch it. Is there a method of booting off
of a floppy disk that I haven't seen? (I'm kinda new to freebsd myself)

I've loaded linux and am waiting for 2.1 to be released (hoping this will
be fixed by then).. I would like to load freebsd now though if that is an
option.


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