Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:07:52 -0400 From: kwc@world.std.com (Kenneth W Cochran) To: shimon@i-connect.net, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: DPT still won't boot/run Message-ID: <199710241607.AA19456@world.std.com>
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>From tom@sdf.com Fri Oct 24 04:34:37 1997
>Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:34:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>
>> >Or, a problem with your bootblocks on the hard drive. What type of
>> >bootblocks did you install?
>>
>> I'm not aware that any were installed at all... I think that may
>> be the current problem, but installation didn't install any & I
>> can't tell from the manpage(s) what to do...
>
> This is probably it then. I've installed 2.2.2, but not 2.2.5. I
>recall from 2.2.2, there was an option to install nothing, standard blocks
>(what you want), and the booteasy blocks (for a boot menu). You probably
>installed none.
Tried it... "disklabel -B sd0" still doesn't work :-(
>> >What version of dpt driver?
I think the boot.flp is 1.1.10... It seems to work fine (when
floppy-booted).
1.2.5 (ftp.i-connect.net/crash/kernel.dpt) & it's a 3.0 kernel
Still getting the following error message if I try do do anything:
dpt0 ERROR: Stale 6664 (Write (10) [6.1.18] on c0b0t0u0 (xxxxxxxxx)
gets another chance(1/5)
xxxxxxxxx is a 9-digit number
Message keeps repeating (& counting the 4-digit number after "Stale"
& card hangs with leds 1 & 9 on, all others off.
I can boot by booting the floppy & at the boot: prompt,
0:sd(0,a)kernel.dpt
HBA is a DPT PM2144UW with a pair of Seagate St34572W 4.x g drives.
The recipient of this machine is arriving shortly to pick it up
& I think I'll install Linux. I do *not* understand why y'all
seem to be running FreeBSD just fine on this kind of hw & I don't.
I'm seriously considering ditching FreeBSD as Something I'd Like
To Run. Sorry guys, it still looks to me like It Still Does Not
Work. :-(
Thank you for all your help, really...
-kc
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