From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 25 16:18:48 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id QAA19463 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Dec 1994 16:18:48 -0800 Received: from prosun.first.gmd.de (prosun.first.gmd.de [192.35.150.136]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA19455 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 1994 00:18:44 GMT Received: from g386bsd.first.gmd.de by prosun.first.gmd.de (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17210; Mon, 26 Dec 94 01:17:14 +0100 Received: by g386bsd.first.gmd.de (BAA08620); Mon, 26 Dec 1994 01:19:11 +0100 From: Andreas Schulz Message-Id: <199412260019.BAA08620@g386bsd.first.gmd.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 install doesn't detect hard discs (Adaptec 1542CF) To: jkorkala@xgw.fi (Jussi P. Korkala) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 01:19:11 +0059 (MET) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199412250417.GAA21968@xgw5.xgw.fi> from "Jussi P. Korkala" at Dec 25, 94 06:17:45 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1942 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I have two SCSI-2 discs on my AHA-1542CF controller, they are as follows: > ID #0 - ST 1480 (406 MB SCSI-2) > ID #1 - DPES 31080 (1033 MB SCSI-2 FAST) > > The problem is that freebsd installation does not even detect the drives. The > install menu doesn't have anything on it, none of the functions work. What does it show on the startup ? Can you copy the first lines from your startup to paper and mail that to us ? It should show for a 1542CF with some disks something like: Dec 21 17:40:54 ats7 kernel: fdc0: [0: fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in] [1: fd1: 1.2MB 5.25in] Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0: 1542C/CF detected, unlocking mailbox Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0: reading board settings, dma=5 int=11 (bus speed defaulted) Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0 targ 0 lun 0: type 0(direct) fixed SCSI2 Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0 targ 0 lun 0: Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: sd0: 1014MB (2076758 total sec), 1980 cyl, 13 head, 80 sec, bytes/sec 512 Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0 targ 1 lun 0: type 0(direct) removable SCSI1 Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: aha0 targ 1 lun 0: Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: sd1(aha0:1:0): not ready Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: sd1 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry Dec 21 17:40:55 ats7 kernel: sd1: 42MB (86700 total sec), 42 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, bytes/sec 512 If these aha0: and the 1542C/CF detected messages are not visible during startup, something is wrong with the hardware. ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST 12489 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 Gebaeude 13.7 Tel: +49-30-6392-1856/+49-177-2134745 Germany/Europe