On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Nick Holland<n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote:
> If you look early on at the boot messages, you probably see something > like: > B disk: fd0 hd0*+ hd1+ Exactly that. (Only, since I am now booting from the install CD, there is a 'cd0' appended.) > So, you would probably want "boot hd1a:/bsd". No joy: "booting hd1a:/bsd: open hd1a:/bsd: Invalid argument failed(22). will try /4.5/i386/bsd.rd" > Note: IF your SCSI disk is attached to something with no boot ROM (like > some Sun cards), or an invalid boot ROM (like a Mac SCSI card in a PC), > or a disabled boot ROM, this won't work, as there will be no BIOS > support for your system, and thus no way to boot OpenBSD to get > OpenBSD's support for your system. This is some older hardware: the ancient and honorable Adaptec AHA2940 and an equally old IBM huge scsi drive -- 4.5gig. I believe both thiese items are still in good enough shape to be put aboard the next Mars rover. IAC, the 2940 dutifully, and rather too excitedly,replies at boot: "Bios successfully installed!" I'm eyeing my three pound sledge hammer in the corner; that might get' er done. Thanks all, -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. I am not a looney! Why should I be tarred with the epithet looney merely because I have a pet halibut?
