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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] Won't recognize SCSI drive
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In article <1993Jan20.201015.12046@unlv.edu> ostgard@unlv.edu (Doug Ostgard) writes:
>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.
This is what you'd have to do. The 1522 is the retarded older brother
of the 1542. I don't know (but suspect the answer is "no") if there
is a driver for the 1522 using Julian's SCSI subsystem. If not, you
will either have to hack away or get a different controller.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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