From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon May 4 14:59:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA08018 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 4 May 1998 14:59:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA07878; Mon, 4 May 1998 14:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA24132; Mon, 4 May 1998 14:58:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 14:58:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: kris zentner cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 sysinstall probe problems with ST31621A In-Reply-To: <354D0537.526F@got.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 3 May 1998, kris zentner wrote: > After weeks of effort trying to get FreeBSD 2.2.6 sysinstall to probe my > Seagate (aka conner) drive I've found that there seems to be a problem > with the sysinstall probing the drive (model number CFS1621A or > ST31621A). The the system is as follows: > > Pentium 166 w/ 32mb ram, awe64 soundcard, hercules stingray 128, Adaptec > AHA-1520 scsi controller (running a zip drive) > 4.1gig Fujitsu MPA3043AT on primary master > 1.6gig Seagate (formerly Conner) ST3121A on primary slave > Sony CDU55E 2x CD-ROM on secondary master > > What seems to happen is that the sysinstall probe will seem to probe the > disk(s) during the "probing devices, please wait..." screen and then > after about 5 mins either hang (if that drive is connected) or continue. Well, start pulling disks until it works. I'd start with the Zip drive; sysinstall does NOT like them. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message