From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 28 14:54:06 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA05974 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 14:54:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from Sysiphos (Sysiphos.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE [134.95.212.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA05968 for ; Thu, 28 Dec 1995 14:54:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by Sysiphos id AA06330 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for questions@freebsd.org); Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:53:49 +0100 Message-Id: <199512282253.AA06330@Sysiphos> From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:53:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: Jeff Bewley "Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive?" (Dec 24, 0:41) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 alpha(2) 7/9/95) To: Jeff Bewley Subject: Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive? Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Dec 24, 0:41, Jeff Bewley wrote: } Subject: Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive? } I managed to use the scroll-lock to get a copy of the messages } as the install disk starts up, but the messages after I select } "Quit" fly by *way* too fast to even focus on. (They're the } ones with the COMMAND ABORTED in them): } --- } ncr0 rev 2 int a irq 10 on pci:0:10 } ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle } (ncr0:0:0) "HP C3725S 4299" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 } scd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct Access } scd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-@ 100ns (10 mb/sec) offset 8 } 2069MB (4238836 512 byte sectors) } (ncr0:1:0) "MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-504 ST22" type 5 removable SCSI 2 } cd0(ncr0:1:0): 200ns (5MB/sec) offset 8 } cd present.[308956x2048 byte records] } --- } } I'm becoming more and more convinced that this is a hardware problem } on my end, but I'm not sure where to look. The box is less than } a month, old, so a marginal NCR card or PCI bus might be to blame.(?) } You'd think, though, that Win95 or Linux would choke on either of } those two problems. Strange. (win95 scandisk found 500k of bad } blocks on the HP drive, which worries me a bit) Hmm, 500.000 bad blocks on a single drive ??? Guess you really got some hardware problem ... Can you try a more recent kernel ? A few small changes have gone into the NCR driver, and one particular fix might help in your case. I don't currently understand, why it might make a difference, but it is reported to have helped in one other case where the system didn't work reliable. I could send you a patch, or make a kernel available via FTP. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se