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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Need help getting where I'm going... Date: 14 Sep 1994 10:35:42 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 32 Message-ID: <356jlu$is6@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3550jr$9b1@lucy.infi.net> <3564at$18d@asia.lm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3564at$18d@asia.lm.com>, fredh <fredh@telerama.lm.com> wrote: >MacXperts Inc (xperts@infi.net) wrote: >: my objective: to set up a 486 pc as an internet router for an office of macs >: on ethernet. I'm trying to install 386bsd from the 1.0 cd-rom. I have a 520 > >The problem: > > 1.) The CDROM was released without being tested, later it was found that > the CD was no good. What the devil are you talking about? The FreeBSD 1.0 CD was fine (I can only conclude that he's talking about the FreeBSD CD and NOT the 386BSD 1.0 CD here since the 386BSD 1.0 CD hasn't even been produced yet!). > 2.) All version 2 code releases have been pulled from the internet, this > to compliy with a copyright problem. We all sit now waiting for for > version FreeBSD Release 2 (based on 4.4 Lite code) But.. What does this have to do with his CD not working? > 3.) The other problem may be your hardware, I suggest your carefully > read file that outlines the supported devices. The problem is OBVIOUSLY his hardware - the Trantor SCSI controller is VERY PLAINLY not supported. It is not listed among the approved SCSI controllers. Geeze! I feel like I'm in a room with two blind gunfighters who are shooting aimlessly in all directions in hopes of actually hitting something by mistake! :-) Jordan