From owner-freebsd-scsi Fri Jan 15 07:44:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01079 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:44:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from marcos.networkcs.com (marcos.networkcs.com [137.66.16.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA01071 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 07:44:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hinman@us.networkcs.com) Received: from us.networkcs.com (us.networkcs.com [137.66.11.15]) by marcos.networkcs.com (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) with ESMTP id JAA18971; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:43:12 -0600 (CST) Received: (from hinman@localhost) by us.networkcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA00121; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:43:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Lee E. Hinman" Message-Id: <199901151543.JAA00121@us.networkcs.com> Subject: Re: Help with Onboard Adaptec 7890 and LVD drive In-Reply-To: <199901142048.MAA00754@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Jan 14, 99 12:48:13 pm" To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:43:11 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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. > -- Changing the extended translation didn't have any effect, but I was able to fix this. As usual FreeBSD was working perfectly. I reformatted the disk using the Adaptec Bios and after that it booted just fine, Gateway must have shipped the disk with some weird format. Thanks for the suggestions. Lee To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message