From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 21 15:56:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA23263 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:56:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scanner.worldgate.com (scanner.worldgate.com [198.161.84.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23242 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:56:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ugc!ugc.ab.ca!geoff@scanner.worldgate.com) Received: from ugc.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by scanner.worldgate.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with UUCP id QAA22736; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:55:23 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pcugc(really [192.139.124.2]) by ugc.ugc.ab.ca via sendmail with smtp id for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:39:34 -0600 (MDT) (Smail-3.2.0.92 1997-Feb-9 #1 built 1997-Apr-3) Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Geoff Coleman" Organization: UGC Consulting Ltd To: Mike Smith Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 16:50:51 -700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Unable to install 3.0-RELEASE with an AHA1542 ! Reply-to: geoff@ugc.ab.ca CC: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199810211832.LAA01141@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:14:32 +0200." <199810210714.JAA02191@magnet.geophysik.tu-freiberg.de> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.54) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've encountered the same problem with a 1540B. it would appear to be a timing issue. If I put lots of debug messages in and boot verbose then it will some times see the card. This is a machine that has been ruuning Freebsd CURRENT for some time. About a week ago I picked up the latest patches and now new kernel's will not see the controller. This is filed as PR/8340 Geoff Coleman > > Hi, > > > > Today I've tried to install a 3.0 RELEASE on a PII/350 > > system (Gigabyte GA-6BA w. 128MB SDRAM) and an old 1542. > > This configuration was only chosen to test the usability > > from old LANCE based Network cards, dont say me that I > > shouldn't use such a configuration :-) > > > > In the Storage menu from sysinstall I've choosen the > > "Adaptec 154x SCSI Controller" (that has in this menu > > no configurable port adresses and no IRQ's) > > > > When I boot up the system (Install Menu) and scroll backwards > > the system says ahc0: not found at 0x134! > > I know that is one of 6 possible adresses for the aha1542, > > but the default is 0x330.... > > The 1542 is supported by the 'aha' driver, and this driver will search > all of the supported locations for the 1542. > > There isn't a "Storage" menu in sysinstall. You should try booting > without making any configuration changes first, and let the system try > to sort itself out. > > > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message