From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 3 07:50:28 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA10165 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 07:50:28 -0700 Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA10159 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 07:50:22 -0700 Received: (dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.9/8.3) id KAA00243; Mon, 3 Apr 1995 10:49:49 -0400 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199504031449.KAA00243@hda.com> Subject: Re: Problems with adaptec1542B To: freiburg@chemie.uni-hamburg.de (Erwin Freiburg) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 10:49:49 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9504031157.AA16509@pcaix1.chemie.uni-hamburg.de> from "Erwin Freiburg" at Apr 3, 95 01:57:57 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1340 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Erwin Freiburg writes: > > I wanted to install FreeBSD 2.0 on my Cx486DX40-PC with 32 Meg's of > RAM and an Adaptec 1542B - SCSI-Controller (BIOS-Version 3.2). > > FreeBSD boots correctly, but detects the SCSI-Adapter-Card as a > 1542C/CF: -current is supposed to correctly identify this as a "154xB-3.2", though I have no way to test this. The code has always treated a "154xB-3.2" the same as a 1542C, including the unlocking of the mail box. > > aha0 1542C/CF detected, unlocking mailbox > aha0 reading boardsettings, dma=5 int=11, bus speed defaulted (correct) > aha0 waiting for scsi-device to settle > aha0 targ0 lun0: type 0 (direct) fixed disc scsi 2 > aha0 targ0 lun0: > sd0: 2048MB (4194304 total sec, 3940 cyl, 10 head, 106 sec, bytes/sec 512) > ... > changing root device to fd0c > > At this point, the FreeBSD hangs. After disabling the Adapter with > the /kernel -c option, the systems boots, but I didn't have any > chance to connect to the hard-disc (of course). > Are you using the floppy on the 1542? If not, is it disabled? Though I can't see why that would work differently with the attach disabled. Peter -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267