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From: pz@modtor.uucp (Peter Ziobrzynski)
Subject: Re: More *BSD installation grief.
Message-ID: <pz.749322777@modtor.emp.promis.com>
Organization: Modular
References: <280eic$eu4@acsc.com> <CE0LC6.AzI@wang.com> 	<pz.749186750@modtor.emp.promis.com> <JKH.93Sep28230737@whisker.lotus.ie>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 17:12:57 GMT
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jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:

>In article <pz.749186750@modtor.emp.promis.com> pz@modtor.uucp (Peter Ziobrzynski) writes:
>   I successfully installed FreeBSD and NetBSD on ESDI WD1007 controller and
>   Micropolis-1558 drive.

>   Unfortunately both systems in their original kernels have SCSI disabled
>   and I had to convert my QIC tapes to floppies to complete installations.
>   This is going backwards from the 0.1 fixit floppies where all including
>   SCSI and Ethenet worked fine. I guess to many people pull this project
>   their own way these days.


>Excuse me??  What do you mean by "SCSI disabled"?  FreeBSD supports
>two different boot sets, one for Adaptec SCSI controllers and one for
>Ultrastore/Bustek.  That's hardly "SCSI disabled" to me!  And our
>ethernet drivers are bundled in as well.

When you install FreeBSD with kcopy-ah-floppy images and try to 
access device nodes for SCSI you get message: device not configured.
I use Adaptec 1540, and QIC tape drive on ID 2 - worked fine with old
386bsd kernels.

If this works for you I would love to hear about it.
-- 
Peter Ziobrzynski, pz@modtor.emp.promis.com, Toronto, Ont. Canada