Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:08:21 +0100 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: Manuel Munoz Baget <manuel@esfm.ipn.mx> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium, scsi & NCR-PCI Message-ID: <199512181508.AA27747@Sysiphos> In-Reply-To: Manuel Munoz Baget <manuel@esfm.ipn.mx> "Pentium, scsi & NCR-PCI" (Dec 17, 20:14)
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On Dec 17, 20:14, Manuel Munoz Baget wrote: } Subject: Pentium, scsi & NCR-PCI } } Hello there, } } I have a Pentium 90, 16Mb system with a NCR-PCI-scsi-2 controller. } } The scsi controller drives two devices: } } 1. A scsi-2 Conner Hard drive 1 Gb. } 2. A scsi-2 Toshiba CD-ROM Driver } } I have tried to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 in this machine from boot diskettes } and from a scsi-2 CD Toshiba driver. } } I loaded the kernel, reconized my hardware but it get frozen without giving } me access to the installation menu. } } I installed successfully FreeBSD 2.0 in this machine, with the same } configuration... I do not know what is happening now, neither our local } guru... Seems like the PCI bus scan finds the NCR chip and the SCSI bus scans reports yoru drives ? There have been reports of firmware problems with Connor 1GB drives. These could be triggered by optimizations in 2.0.5 the FreeBSD file system code, if I remember right ... Which drive and revision do you have ? (E.g. send dmesg output from the 2.0R system.) Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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