Date: 06 Dec 95 15:52:34 EST From: Dave Franco <100075.2767@compuserve.com> To: FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Please Assist Message-ID: <951206205233_100075.2767_EHK99-4@CompuServe.COM>
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Hello, I am hoping that you can suggest a solution or point me in the right direction. I have just acquired a copy FreeBSD 2.0 on the Walnut Creek CDRom. I am trying to perform an install and not getting anywhere. I created the boot diskettes using rawwrite and tested it on an IDE hard disk anc controller which I had, not realising that FreeBSD cannot access the cdrom in a sound card for data purposes. I have now installed an Adaptec AHA-1542 and Segate Barracuda 2Gb. The rest of the system is a Pentium 90Mhz with 16Mb ram, 512Kb VGA, and a matshita scsi cdrom. It had an IDE controller to give me two serial ports but I have removed it temporarily thinking that it may be responsible for some of my problems. WHAT happens ? The system starts up, reads the diskette and intialises a whole bunch of things. It then starts to talk to ahc... then ahb.. and then aha... and gives a message "waiting for SCSI devices to settle". After about 1 minute it returns with the message that the controller is frozen. I have test the same hardware and am able to boot under dos and read the scsi disk and make a partition on the hdd. I have browsed the CD for some time looking for any literature that may tell me how to resolve this or at least what to look for. I would appreciate any assistance that can be given Regards and Thanks Dave Franco from Harare Zimbabwe
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