Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:48:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Lee E. Hinman" <hinman@networkcs.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with Onboard Adaptec 7890 and LVD drive Message-ID: <199901142048.MAA00754@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:53:06 CST." <199901141753.LAA02406@us.networkcs.com>
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> Hi, > > I'm trying to install 3.0Release on a Gateway ALR 7200, and I'm having > a daemon of a time getting it to boot off the Hard drive. Here are the > specs: > > 2 Adaptec 7890 onboard Controlers, Bios 2.01 > Seagate ST34573LW Hard Drive > Phoenix Bios 4.0 6.00.4 > > What happens: > Boots off floppy fine > detects 7890 Controller > Do Novice Install, with Minimal distribution set > reboot > get a "Read Error" from Bios when it should start booting FreeBSD > > Things I've Tried: > Different LVD terminators > Different SCSI cables > Jumpering the TP jumper on HD > Forcing HD Single Ended > Slowing Down Transfer Rate to 40M/sec in Adaptec Bios > True Partion Entries > Explicitly setting bootable flag during format > I have Disabled the Second Adaptec Controler > > Does Anybody have any ideas? Things you haven't tried: - Change the "extended translation for disks > 1GB" option in the Adaptec's setup screen. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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