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From: s871780@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (Antony Suter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Netbsd-bug/question?
Message-ID: <1sppf7INNecn@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
Date: 12 May 93 03:04:07 GMT
References: <C6IuAJ.LoF@poly.edu>
Organization: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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ssnyder@poly.edu (Sharon Snyder) writes:
> 486DX-33
> 212Mb Maxtor IDE drive as master
> 340Mb Western Digital Caviar IDE drive as slave
> VGA, floppies, etc
> 8Mb Ram
> 1Mb caching IDE controller (I disable the cache for unix right now)
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I also have a problem with my machine booting the kernal boot disk.
I have tried the aha version. The common factor between us is the
IDE CACHING controller. I mailed to netbsd-bugs but they couldnt help.
I also disabled the cachme memory, altho that changed the symptoms it
didnt change the end result. When the memory on my controller is disabled
it still reports seek time as 0.4 ms instead of the usual 17ms. Ill wager
that this is the problem.
Could one of the netbsd wd gurus please check the code for timing
dependancies for this situation? Until then, i will have no joy in
installation.
I will append my original problem note.
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I have an IDE Rodime 210 MB hard drive - the only hard drive i have.
No SCSI.
I have a caching IDE hard disk controller.
the Kernal floppy boots, but once it gets to the wd stuff, the hard drive
starts seeking rapidly back and forth for a while, then the hard drive
shuts down. the install procedure slows down at this point. it asks for the
second install disk, says changing root, then refuses to go further. the
hard disk light flickers periodically. system stalled.
now, if i enable hard disk caching on boot, the hard drive shuts down sooner,
before the floppy text comes up.
if I disable hard disk caching ob boot, the hard drive shuts down later, at
the point of asking for the second install disk.
Help! Or should I refer this question to somewhere else?
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Antony Suter (Rohaan) [0] s871780@minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au
Melbourne, Australia [1] antony@werple.apana.org.au
"Call me Jack - stranger things have happened!"
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Antony Suter (Rohaan) [0] s871780@minyos.xx.rmit.edu.au
Melbourne, Australia [1] antony@werple.apana.org.au
"Call me Jack - stranger things have happened!"