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From: tdwyer@nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au (Terry Dwyer 4915161)
Subject: Re: Problems with the NetBSD installation diskette
Organization: Network Computer Centre, Telecom, Perth
Date: Wed, 5 May 1993 05:28:22 GMT
Message-ID: <1993May5.052822.24568@nodecg.ncc.telecomwa.oz.au>
References: <CHRISTIA.93May4091403@latenite.ssc.gov>
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In article <CHRISTIA.93May4091403@latenite.ssc.gov> christia@latenite.ssc.gov (Mike Christiansen) writes:
>
>Help!!!
>
>I am having problems installing NetBSD. When I boot using the aha boot
>floppy, the dialog indicates that it cannot recoginze my disk. (sorry
>I forgot the exact message but can getit). This is a seagate ST4767
>drive and a aha1542b controller. This disk / controller installs fine
>under 386bsd (in fact I installed tiny bsd just to make sure that the
>some hardware problems has not popped up).
>
>Any suggestions?
>
Sorry to have to post, but mail bounced.
Failure explanation follows :-
addressing error - no users at "!.smtp.cs.su.oz.au!.latenite.ssc.gov.au" in list "christia@latenite.ssc.gov"
>
It should be ST4767N (SCSI) The reason I mention this
is that I have a copy of THE REF, (a doc containing what
is claimed to be a complete list of hard drives, available on
a BBS near you), well the page with these drives on it anyway
because I installed NetBSD on a ST4766N with a 1542B on Sunday.
NetBSD recognised my drive straight away,
which brings me to another point.
THE REF says that my drive config is:
CYLS Heads Sect/Tk
1632 15 54
it is really
1632 15 *52* - recognised by Julians SCSI driver
Caused me no end of trouble until I realised the SCSI driver,
(see below), was right and the docs were wrong.
Here is the entry from THE REF for the ST4767N your SCSI drive:
UNFORMAT WIDTH CYLS PL ST I/F XFER
767.0MB 5.25 1356 8 -- SCSI 24.0MB
FORMATTED HGHT PREC HD AC RECmeth ACC
676.0MB FULL ---- 15 VC RLL(ZBR) 12ms
It is actually a WREN 94191-766 Seagate relabled it when they
bought out Wren. You will notice that there is no entry
for ST: Sectors/track on yours. I don't know why, Maybe the
drive remaps itself and this is why the SCSI driver does not
recognise the drive. Were you using Julian's scsi driver
when you were running 386bsd-0.1, and if so do you have a copy
of /var/log/messages, If x and y then you should be able
to see the parameters for the drive when the SCSI driver
probed it. This feature of the SCSI driver may not have
been mentioned in the NetBSD install notes, (I don't have them
with me), and could save a lot of people trouble installing
NetBSD if they knew where to look when booting from the
install floppy.
Hope this helps, I know how frustrating this sort of stuff
can be.
Terry
>----------------------
>Mike Christiansen
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