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- 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
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- tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) writes:
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- > 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!
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-
- I have 386bsd running with no problems as far as booting is concerned.
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- 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
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- mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
- Western Business School -- London, Ontario
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