Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 15:03:28 +0800 (SGT) From: Calvin NG <calvinng@brel.com> To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NetFinity 5500-41U, cannot detect SCSI controller Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901021442320.24621-100000@amerasu.brel.com>
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Greetings,
Hi there. What a way to start a new year.
If it is a sin to cross-post, I beg your forgiveness, but feeling
a bit desperate here.
problem:
Just got the above mentioned hardware, been trying to install 3.0
on it. Tried with the normal floppy boot-image, and then the CAM
boot-floppy, but both was not able to detect the on-board
SCSI controller.
background:
According to the hardware specs, the SCSI controller is a IBM
PCI ServRAID-3H/3L wide fast SCSI2, whatever that means.
I opened up the cover to take a peek inside, saw two Adaptec
AIC7880P chips in there.
I tried fiddling with the BIOS setup, and the SCSI controller
has been assigned interupt 11, but it does not help. BTW, the
PCI bus are mostly Plug-and-Play, does it matter???
my take:
The way I look at it, IBM probably uses its own BIOS, causing
the Adaptec not to respond to the hardware probe. What do you
think. Or I shouldn't assume that a adaptec chipset means it
will defintely work. Or am I missing something entirely, such
as the APM (power mgmt), or USB controller, both of which are
detected.
greetings:
Seasons Greetings to you,
Wishing You
a Peaceful and Merry X'Mas
and a Rewarding and Happy New Year!
Regards,
/calvin
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