Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 12:29:35 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: Eric.Vanbezooijen@Eng.Sun.COM (Eric van Bezooijen) Cc: Eric.Vanbezooijen@Eng.Sun.COM, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD install failure on ASUS/NCR PCI system Message-ID: <199505221929.MAA05481@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <9505221914.AA02946@logrus.Eng.Sun.COM> from "Eric van Bezooijen" at May 22, 95 12:14:08 pm
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> > > > From rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Mon May 22 12:06 PDT 1995 > > From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD install failure on ASUS/NCR PCI system > > To: Eric.Vanbezooijen@Eng (Eric van Bezooijen) > > Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 12:05:57 -0700 (PDT) > > Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a ASUS 90 Mhz Pentium system (16 Mb RAM, > > > 512 Kb cache), with a NCR PCI scsi card (53c810 based). > > > > > > I have two drives, a Quantum 1.0 Gb and a Quantum 4.3 Gb drive. My 1.0 > > > Gb drive has 1 DOS partition (the whole drive). I wanted to set up a small > > > (128 Mb) partition on the 4.3 Gb drive for DOS, and install FreeBSD on > > > the rest of the 4.3 Gb drive. > > > > We know that we are having problems with the Quantum Grand Prix 4.3G drive, > > does this drive work fine under DOS/Windows?? (I have not been able > > to test it here since I don't have one, the failure reports I have from > > Jordan are for FreeBSD only. If infact the drive works fine under > > DOS/Windows on the ncr controller I will see what I can do about makeing > > it work under FreeBSD, if the drive has problems under DOS/Windows I can't > > do much about it :-(. > > It is in fact a Quantum Grand Prix drive. Model XP32151 > > DOS seems to install on it just fine. I haven't tried Wind0ze yet. Okay, then we have a FreeBSD problem, I will stop pointing my finger at Quantum or NCR. The problem is in the NCR sequencer code or the driver :-(. > > I have some strong suspecions about the ncr scsi sequencer code we are > > using since I have at least one devices that works fine with DOS but > > fails to work with FreeBSD on the exact same controller/mb setup. > > > > There have been some resently submitted patches, but they simply defeat > > sync negotation and such, and this device I am having problems with > > should do sync (seem to recall it doing sync on my bt445). > > > > > However, I cannot get FreeBSD to boot up and recognize my SCSI disks. When > > > the boot sequence is setting up devices, I get the following error: > > > > > > Changing root device to fd0c > > > sd0(ncr0:0:0); assertion "cp == np->header.cp" failed: > > > file "../../i386/pci/ncr.c", line 5172 > > > ncr0 targ 0?: ERROR (80:100:29) (8/13)@ 360cc:e000000). > > > ncr0: restart (fatal error) > > > ncr0: aborting job... > > > > > > After a while I get: > > > DOS partition I/O error > > > > Yep, basically the same thing every one with a Quantum Grand Prix and > > a NCR 810 controller is reporting.... > > > > ... > > > Any clues ? I really want to make FreeBSD work! Is my hard drive too large > > > (4.3 Gb) ? > > > > It is not the size of the drive, it is that particular model we are > > having problem with (note, the Grand Prix is a SCSI-III device, I > > run Atlas drives here which are SCSI-II without these problems). > > Would a call to Quantum be in order here ? Is there an e-mail address for > Quantum ? Although, if this is such a new problem, they might not even > know yet... No, it is not Quantum's problem if you can use the SDMS NCR bios and the drive under DOS. It is a FreeBSD problem that we will have to deal with :-(. Quantum is on the internet, web site is www.quantum.com. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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