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From: iverson@lionheart.com (Tim Iverson)
Subject: Booting/Installing SCSI not at port 330
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Organization: Lionheart Software
Date: Sun, 8 May 1994 14:36:46 GMT
Message-ID: <CpHn9B.M09@lionheart.com>
Reply-To: iverson@lionhear.com
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I have a BusLogic 445s at port 130h/irq11.  I can't move it to any other
port or IRQ due to conflicts.  How much work is required to install FreeBSD
in this case?  Can I just patch the boot disk (at what address)?  If I
install on a system that uses 330h, and then move the SCSI drive back to
the 130h system, will it work (ie. unlike the boot kernel, does the disk
kernel self-configure as far as port address)?  Or, worst-case, must I
bring up an entire system with source on a 330h system and hack the SCSI
driver to use 130h and only then switch the drive back to the target (130h)
system?

Thanks in advance for any help ...

- Tim Iverson
  iverson@lionheart.com