Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:26:17 -0700 (PDT) From: fargher@aebc.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: i386/14492: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card Message-ID: <19991024072617.664B015091@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 14492 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 24 00:30:01 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Fargher >Release: 3.1 (with 3.3 install floppies) >Organization: >Environment: >Description: I picked up a copy of the Walnut Creek "The Complete FreeBSD" book with version 3.1 CDs. I have two SCSI cards, both based upon NCR/Symbios chips. ncr0 (Symbios 810 chip; the card is a Gigabyte GA-410) is no problem. But ncr1 is an Asus SC875 card, based upon the Symbios 875 chip. When I try to install FreeBSD, the installer balks at this card, trying large numbers of hex numbers (addresses?) in pairs. It takes a very long time to exhaust the list (especially as each pair of hex numbers is tried 4 times), after which the installer gives up on this card. Seeing as how all my hard drives are on this card, I can't install FreeBSD. It was suggested (on the #FreeBSD Undernet IRC channel) that I try the latest (3.3) boot/install floppies. This made no difference. This card is based upon a supported chip. This card works fine in Linux, OS/2, BeOS (4.5.2, not in 4.5 though) and Win98. But neither Solaris 7 nor FreeBSD. If it makes any difference, my system is an Asus P5A motherboard with an AMD K6-2 300 MHz CPU and 128 MB PC-100 RAM. >How-To-Repeat: Just try to install FreeBSD. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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