From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 6 12:21:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA05471 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 12:21:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA05464 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 12:21:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA00813; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:21:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199610061921.VAA00813@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: Weird install problem In-Reply-To: <9610050030.AA03850@futique.scs.unr.edu> from Steven Foster at "4. Oct. 96 17:28:01" To: foster@futique.scs.unr.edu (Steven Foster) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 21:21:09 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, foster@futique.scs.unr.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de