Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:04:22 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: onboard SCSI controller doesn't get probed Message-ID: <19990421200614.ULJT5596385.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211213140.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> References: <19990421092504.ROEY5596385.mta1-rme@wocker>
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On 21 Apr 99, at 12:13, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote: > > > I have a DEC pc XL590 which uses a PCI-based NCR 53C810 embedded SCSI > > controller. When I boot from DOS, I can see the two 500M drives as C > > and D. > > > > I'm trying to install 3.1-Release from CD. I use the visual > > configuration to remove conflicts. Novice Install. Then I get "No > > disks found". > > > At the main install menu, press <scroll-lock> and use the arrow keys to > look at the boot messages. You should see a probe for the ncr device. If > there are any errors, that should give you a hint. DOH! I'd forgotten about that. And so had several other people I've spoken to. Thanks. There are no probes to ncr0, which is what I understand the SCSI card to be. It probes and finds what I would expect it to find on the ISA bus. But no errors are found. Any ideas? -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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