No problem here. I installed once 5.0-current with the current floppies.
Then I reinstalled 4.2 from those same floppies. The way to do that is to
change the name of the desired distribution under the options menu in
sysinstall. I dis not let sysinstall repartition my disk, since 5.0 booted
from it. I did force the newfs option in the disklabel assignment. I am
now running 4.2, which is running stable, as opposed to 5.0 which crashes
a lot.
JAn
On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Jesse wrote:
>
> (sent to freebsd-questions@s for archive searching purposes)
>
> In order to get FreeBSD 4.2 installed on the HPT370 chipset RAID 1 array,
> which uses BIOS RAID, I had to make a few changes. This chipset is present
> on the Abit KT7-RAID motherboard, which is what I'm using.
>
> I spent way too many hours trying all different methods and here is what
> finally got me installed.
>
> 1. I had to patch my kernel to handle the 10 byte offset required for this
> chipset. The patch is to /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/ata-raid.c
>
> 211c211,213
> < buf1->bp.b_pblkno += rdp->offset;
> ---
> > /* if hack for HPT 370 RAID booting */
> > if (buf1->drive) {
> > buf1->bp.b_pblkno += rdp->offset; }
>
> 2. I needed this modified kernel to install FreeBSD, so I had to change
> the kernel on the install floppies (kern.flp). I built a kernel which had
> all the options my system needed, PLUS the following so it could mount the
> mfsroot.flp:
>
> options MFS
> options MD_ROOT
> pseudo-device md
>
> I then dd'd kern.flp to a floppy, mounted the floppy to /mnt, erased
> /mnt/kernel.gz and replaced it with my customized kernel.gz.
>
> Make sure your patched kernel only has the devices your system
> needs. Using the GENERIC kernel won't work, as it's too big to fit on a
> floppy, even after being compressed.
>
> 3. Install. Make sure NOT to use dangerously dedicated partitions. You
> must use the standard fdisk/compatible with other OSes partitioning
> method.
>
> 4. Once your system is installed, it'll start loading but will fail to
> mount the root partition. This is because the kernel installed on your
> array is the GENERIC unpatched kernel. You need to get your custom kernel
> on there. One easy way is to boot off the custom kern.flp we made in step
> three.
>
> During bootup when it prompts you to hit a key or wait 10 seconds, hit a
> key. Type 'lsdev' and determine which disk entry is your array root
> partition. For me, it was disk1s1a. Then type:
>
> set rootdev=disk1s1a:
> (if that doesn't work, try set bootdev, I'm 90% sure it's rootdev
> though)
>
> 5. Now that you're booted using the patched kernel but using your array
> partitions, rm /kernel. Put the patched kern.flp in the floppy drive,
> mount it, then copy kernel.gz to / and uncompress it.
>
> >From then on you should be able to boot without the floppy.
>
> I suggest also compiling a patched copy of the GENERIC kernel and
> installing it as /kernel.GENERIC, in case you ever change your hardware
> (but are still using the array) and need the GENERIC kernel to get
> booted.
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, X-Gote wrote:
>
> > I am having a hard time as well.. ive been searching mailing list archives. But I
>am running the most current BSD which I believe to be 5.0 beta.. whatever was in the
>current directory. I have bsd installed on ad4.. and my second disk is ad6. Have
>you had any luck with vinum? Ive been pulling out my hair trying to figure out how
>to add objects with it. If you have any luck, pass it on to me!
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Dave
> >
>
> ---
> Jesse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."
> -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>
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