Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14492: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card Message-ID: <199910241510.IAA99627@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/14492; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To: fargher@aebc.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/14492: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:03:13 -0500
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999, fargher@aebc.com wrote:
> ncr0 (Symbios 810 chip; the card is a Gigabyte GA-410) is no problem.
> But ncr1 is an Asus SC875 card, based upon the Symbios 875 chip. When
> I try to install FreeBSD, the installer balks at this card, trying large
> numbers of hex numbers (addresses?) in pairs. It takes a very long time
> to exhaust the list (especially as each pair of hex numbers is tried 4
> times), after which the installer gives up on this card. Seeing as how
> all my hard drives are on this card, I can't install FreeBSD.
I've installed FreeBSD 3.1 on this system with the following
ncr controller:
ncr0: <ncr 53c875j fast20 wide scsi> irq 10 at device 10.0 on pci0
It is a Diamond FirePort 40. Seems that the Asus card may not
be completely compatible with the ncr driver.
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|Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
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