Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:08:44 -0800 () From: "Erik A. Pearson" <epearson@olac.Berkeley.EDU> To: Randall Raemon <delta1@netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Adaptec 1542CP Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.961105085637.-398923A-100000@ep.olac.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199611041716.LAA05477@netcom5.netcom.com>
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With encouragement from you and others, I persisted and got the card to work, but the secret is elusive and occurred after turning off ROM and video shadowing in the system bios and a few other options on the 1542CP that are DOS specific, and attemting the installation a few more times. However, after installation the card is failing again! The CDROM drive stops and starts every 10 seconds or so when FreeBSD is trying to access it. Any further tips? Other than this, the installation was a dream and the system is up and running smoothly. System is: 386-40, no math coprocessor 8M RAM SVGA IDE HD (300M) Adaptec 1542CP MediaVision MV500 CDROM (2x) Logitech serial mouse NE1000 NIC On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Randall Raemon wrote: > In message <Pine.WNT.3.95.961104085846.-394021A-100000@ep.olac.Berkeley.EDU> > "Erik A. Pearson" writes > > > I am hoping to get FreeBSD working with an Adaptec 1542CP SCSI card, but > > it doesn't seem to be working, and I've now been informed that FreeBSD > > 2.1.5 does not support the 5142CP, but that later fixes may address this > > issue. Could you provide some guidance please? > > I have several 1542CP boards installed in various machines. They work > fine. However, I have disabled the plug-and-play feature, so the > boards work like 1542CF boards. On the board, flip sw1 to the "On" > position to disable the PnP stuff. > > -- > Randall Raemon > delta1@netcom.com >
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