Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:59:26 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: fmtel <fmtel@MicroNet.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 7850 (cont'd-2nd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960401105733.1717A-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199604011605.SAA15087@logatome.micronet.fr>
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On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, fmtel wrote: > Hello, > I'am still trying to install FreeBSD 2.1 on my DIGITAL PRIORIS LX5120. > There is an onboard PCI Fast/Narrow Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI-2 controller. > Now the installation process hangs at the message "Writing partition > information in drive sd0" ! > This problem may be similar to the previous one (my two previous messages), > related to the cd-rom ... ? > Could you tell me in which direction I can investigate ? This sounds like your Adaptec is busted. Hanging at the control-A is the Adaptec's BIOS stopping on something. Did it do that before, with DOS for instance? (The OS shouldn't do anything to the Adaptec) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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