From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Feb 19 10:30:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA26489 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:30:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (root@sasami.jurai.net [207.31.78.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA26389; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:29:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA15287; Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:08:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:08:49 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: eric@dol.net cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/5748 In-Reply-To: <199802190721.XAA21386@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Does the Adaptec BIOS see your drives? On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 eric@dol.net wrote: > I have gone through many iterations of configuring the card and changing > scsii numbers on the drives. still when i get to the novice menus it > says i have no disks and tells me the controller card is misconfigured. > > i am brand new to unix and freebsd. i thought i saw somwhere where i can > put a custom configuration ini type file on my startup boot disk. > my problem is that i have no other machine that can read the disk to install > the file :( are there any other suggestions save get an ide controller > in the machine and install an idea drive and ide cd rom drive? > that would be a bummer. > thanks > Eric > > > At 07:49 AM 2/15/98 -0500, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > >On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >> Aha, a positive report. Well then, so it's just supposed to use the > >> ahb driver? Given that the driver is for an EISA device, it also > >> wouldn't show up in the menu given that it's *supposed* to be > >> preconfigured. No idea how this works for a VLB device using the same > >> driver, however. > > > >The last time I used my card it just worked. I suspect this person has > >the card misconfigured or something. > > > >Reading the driver srouce it appears that the 284x responds to EISA > >probes... > > > >/* > > Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life > > winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to > > http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 > >*/ > > > > > Delaware Online!.........The SMART Choice! With 56K X2 & Flex Modems > Phone : 302-762-0375 Eric = mrdol > Fax: 302-762-3462 Failure is NOT an option... > www.dol.net > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message > /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message