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Date:      Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:21:09 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To:        foster@futique.scs.unr.edu (Steven Foster)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org, foster@futique.scs.unr.edu
Subject:   Re: Weird install problem
Message-ID:  <199610061921.VAA00813@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <9610050030.AA03850@futique.scs.unr.edu> from Steven Foster at "4. Oct. 96 17:28:01"

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> 	onto a new system with NO IDE disk, using a 2.1 GB HP SCSI disk
> 	and an NCR 810 SCSI controller ( ASUS SC-200 on ASUS motherboard
> 	with NCR scsi bios onboard ) - and a scsi cdrom drive.
> 
> 	During kernel boot ( either from a floppy OR from the "view"	
> 	or "install" files on CDROM subsequent to an initial DOS boot )
> 	the NCR controller IS probed, and the fixed disk and CDROM are
> 	reported as being detected -
> 
> 	BUT the install script reports that no disks are found as potential
> 	targets!   

Do you see any messages on VTY1 (Alt+F2) ?
It is possible that the NCR and the hp disk don't cooperate.
(I had to change the hard disk.)

Robert

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