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From: hamish@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz (Hamish Marson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD 0.9 w/- Ultrastore 34f = No Work
Date: 5 Oct 1993 23:02:26 GMT
Organization: The University of Waikato
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Mark_Weaver@brown.edu wrote:
> In article <28q581$12ra@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz> hamish@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz (Hamish Marson) writes:
> > Hi all, I have been trying to install NetBSD on a 486 66Mhz DX2 with
> > an ultrastore 34f, and it doesn't seem to want to work. The board is
> > detected, and the correct parameters are read from the card, but then
> > the system says that the board isn't responding, and stops, saying
> > I should hit reset....

> Hmm.  I've been running NetBSD 0.9 with a Gateway 486 66Mhz DX2 VLB with
> my Ultrastor 34F for quite some time now happily.

> > Is there anything special that should be done? The board is currently at
> > 0x330, IRQ 11, DMA 5.... All the other jumpers are at default... The
> > BIOS message lists the drives OK too....

> Same settings as me too.  Hmph.

What ROM version? I have 5, but 6 is being sent to me...


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