Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:35:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is anyone using a Tekram DC-390F sucessfully? Got problems with mine ... Message-ID: <200101012036.OAA29885@fep.hirshfields.com>
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Hi, Someone earliery said they where using the DC-390F so I bought one to try to get me out of a resource jam. I can't get this DC-390F to boot 3 drives I have. The Tekram card bitches about disk geometry on all drives and how it is going to be a problem with other OS's. I've read their documentation that came with the card. Didn't matter how I configured the SCSI BIOS settings. I have 2 disks with FreeBSD already installed (dedicated, not FDISK'd or compatable) that boot and work find using Adaptec 2940UW, BusLogic BT-958UW (discontinued over a year ago, bummer, it's what I need), and QLogic (MB embedded). One disk is a 9.1GB, and the other is a 4.55GB. This Tekram won't even load the first boot block. It bitches about the geometry and then just you hear the disk clack, and then nothing. The disk will show up in the SCSI BIOS boot messages, shows up in the SCSI utilities etc. I have tried an 18GB that has (use to have windows) that boots into DOS using an Adaptec 2940UW. The Tekram card bitches also about the disk geometry on this disk and doesn't boot it. So I guess it doesn't matter whether the disk is dedicated to FreeBSD or has the FDISK partion to it. The manual says something about an 8GB limit. Is anyone using a disk greater than 8GB with this card? Are you using a dedicated or old fdisk partioning? What size hard drive?? I have to guess that you can only use this card as long as you use a disk less than 8GB AND with an fdisk partion on it. I have to conclude with another poster that this is pretty much a Windoze card. Yuck. Let me know what your configuration is. I would like to still know if this card gets me out of my resource conflict. -Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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