Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 23:45:57 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.5 install on ASUS+Pent.+SC200+hp3725S Message-ID: <199607302145.XAA06297@beta.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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Hi,
a few days ago I asked about the same problem already on -questions.
Maybe -hardware is more appropriate for this.
Meanwhile, I did some experimenting, but with no luck.
? The install program does not recognize the hp hard disk,
? although it is probed initially correct.
? (Under DOS one can (of course :-) boot from the HD without problems.)
To install 2.1.5, I'm using an
ASUS-P55TP4XEG board
with 2 SC200 controllers and
an S3-PCI-VGA-card (VC-962)
7 TEAC CD-56S,
2 SMC8016 combos (IRQs 10 and 11),
1 hp 35480A DAT, and
1 hp C3725S (50 MB DOS partition).
In the BIOS the IDEs are disabled and the IRQs
for the PCI slots were initially set:
Slot 1 (Right) IRQ 15 <-- ncr1
Slot 2 14 <-- ncr0
Slot 3 Auto <-- vga0
Slot 4 (Left) Auto
I also changed the IRQs for #1 and #2 to 15, 14 and to 'Auto'.
Moreover, I tried swapping the SCSI cables.
On probing the devices, the kernel emits
pci0:10 IRQ 15 for vga0
pci0:11 IRQ 9 for ncr0 (hp C3725S = 0, TEAC CD = 2 & 3, hp 35480A = 6)
pci0:12 IRQ 12 for ncr1 (TEAC CD = 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
When the install menu appears the debug screen VTY2 shows:
sd0(ncr0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted, retries: 4
sd0(ncr0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted, retries: 3
sd0(ncr0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted, retries: 2
sd0(ncr0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted, retries: 1
sd0(ncr0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:4e,0 Overlapped commands attempted, retries: FAILURE
sd0: error reading primary partition table reading fsbn 0 (sd0 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0)
And when calling the partition editor a box appears which says:
No disk found ! Please verify ...
I reduced the configuration step by step by removing
o the second SC200 interface (ncr1 with 5 CDs)
o the two CDs on the first SCSI interface
o the streamer
But the messages shown above remained even in the minimal configuration
with only the hp 3725S connected to one SC200.
I even tried the 2.1R install disk without success.
(No errors with streamer and without HD -- but how to partition a tape ? :-)
Let me note that I'm using at home a hp3725S on an AHA1542B without problems.
I read in the archives that this error message has something to do with
tagged commands, but what can I do ?
I also followed the -questions and found that others also have trouble
with hp disks connected to NCR controllers.
I hope you can help me by providing some steps to make the disk run
or state (with some reasoning) that I should drop this disk and make
the dealer change it. (to what type ?)
Thanks,
Robert
PS: since I'm not subscribed to -hardware please CC to me.
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