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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7341 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:52:17 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!nevada.edu!jimi!ostgard From: ostgard@unlv.edu (Doug Ostgard) Subject: [386bsd] Won't recognize SCSI drive Message-ID: <1993Jan20.201015.12046@unlv.edu> Originator: ostgard@charlie.cs.unlv.edu Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User) Organization: UNLV (U. of Nevada, Las Vegas) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 93 20:10:15 GMT Lines: 30 A friend has been unable to successfully install 386bsd, and so asked me to post the following: - - - Hardware Setup: 486DX-50 Local Bus 4MB RAM GA-486US Motherboard GA-201 Local Bus Video Controller GA-400 Local Bus SCSI Controller Maxtor LXT340S SCSI Hard Drive The problem is that the 386BSD kernal will not recognize that the hard drive is present. The hard drive is partitioned with the 386BSD partition first, and the DOS partition at the end. 200MB have been partitioned out for 386BSD with the remainder used for DOS. The GA-400 SCSI controller user's manual says that the controller is hardware and software compatible with Adaptec's AHA-1522 controller. Everything I have read about 386BSD has implied 1542 compatibility. Does anyone know if the problem I am having is related to the controller being incompatible? And is there anything I can do about it in order to get my hard drive to be recognized. - - - If necessary, we will try to modify the existing SCSI driver to work for the AHA-1522. Any help in that area would also be appreciated. -- Doug Ostgard ostgard@unlv.edu