Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:56:28 -0700 (MST) From: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-install@freebsd.org Subject: 3.1 Install trouble -- can't see SCSI CD-ROM Message-ID: <14090.22748.13910.72739@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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Hello gurus, Sorry for the cross-post mail but I figured that since it's probably scsi related and it's definitely install related I was justified ;-) I've been running FreeBSD since 2.0.5 with no hitches on my trusty ol' 486. I recently built up a Pentium II box and am having a bugaboo time getting FreeBSD 3.1 to install on it. Symptom: ------- When I boot from the 3.1 floppies it goes to sysinstall and when I get to the "choose media" screen and pick "CD-ROM" it comes back and says that it can't detect any CD-ROM devices (paraphrase). Observations: ------------- I have already installed NT 4.0 on the machine (for the wife and other "critical" software that I just can't get under FreeBSD) and it seems to find all scsi devices just fine. I've done some crude "stress tests" by "xcopying" an entire CD to the hard drive. It didn't miss a beat. I don't think I've got SCSI termination problems. When the machine boots the BIOS it lists all devices, etc. Machine Hardware: ----------------- Asus P2B-DS motherboard, BIOS rev 1008, 128Mb RAM Adaptec 7890 + AIC3860 Ultra2 chipset. Toshiba XM-6401B 40x CD-ROM, scsi id 3, 50 pin, terminated Yamaha CRW4416S CD-R/CD-RW, scsi id 4, 50 pin, non-terminated Quantum Viking II LVD drive, scsi id 5, hdd0, LVD Quantum Viking II LVD drive, scsi id 6, hdd1, LVD I don't recall the exact stepping or rev of the adaptec chipset. I have NO IDE devices other than the floppy drive. Other Findings: --------------- I can boot the FreeBSD 3.0 floppy and it finds the CD-ROM(s) and all disks. I can boot from the FreeBSD 3.0 CD-ROM #2 and again all scsi stuff is found. When I boot from the FreeBSD 3.1 floppies da0 and da1 *are* found and I have been able to label/partition/newfs them. I've tried using Alt-F1 to switch over to the "debug tty" to see the rest of the probe messages (they buzz away to quickly when the sysinstall screen comes up and I can see them--is there a way to capture this on floppy so I could mail it to these lists???) but really no avail. So, what to do? Is there some sort of mechanism I can perform during this boot where I can get more information for somebody "in the know?" Is this a "known problem?" If so, I couldn't find it in the TROUBLE.TXT or any other place (tried searching the archives but nothing good was found). Any help would GREATLY be appreciated. I REALLY want to get 3.1 on this machine. Thanks, -Jr -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | John Reynolds CEG, CCE, Next Generation Flows, HLA | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 554-9092 pgr: 868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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