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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!torn!newshost.uwo.ca!news From: mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF) Subject: Re: [386BSD] SCSI Bootstrap Method? Organization: University of Western Ontario Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:13:23 GMT Message-ID: <1c6BuB4w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> References: <1992Nov16.060831.24807@nas.nasa.gov> Sender: news@julian.uwo.ca (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: student.business.uwo.ca Lines: 38 tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes: > I need to find out how to bootstrap 386bsd, given a machine which only > has a SCSI hard disk. When Julian Elischer posted his SCSI driver > code, I thought I had it made, but I haven't been able to get past the > need for a SCSI capable bootable filesystem diskette. I've searched > agate.berkeley.edu and ref.tfs.com, and haven't found a suitable *.fs > file on either. I need help! I have 386bsd running with no problems as far as booting is concerned. I am running an adaptec 1542 with a 1.2gig fujitsui scsi drive. I set the cmos drive to 0 'no drives' and let the scsi board boot the machine. All seems to be ok. I am running the stock kernel. > > In addition to its SCSI hard disk, my machine also has the usual > diskettes (1.44 MB and 1.2 MB), a tape, COM ports and LPT ports, but > the only kind of hard disk it has is SCSI. It is an EISA bus machine, > and the SCSI host bus adapter is an Adaptec 1740. > > Am I missing an obvious bootstrap method? Does my desired *.fs file > already exist anywhere? Come to think of it, is there a BIOS ROM *.fs > file anywhere? It would be absurd as a running system, but potentially > useful for bootstrapping. How has 386bsd been brought up on other SCSI > machines? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dave Tweten tweten@nas.nasa.gov > NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-5 (415) 604-4416 > Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 FAX: (415) 604-4377 mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF) Western Business School -- London, Ontario