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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hermes.chpc.utexas.edu!kneuper From: kneuper@chpc.utexas.edu (Stephen Kneuper) Subject: Re: [NetBSD] cannot boot install floppies on my hardware Message-ID: <1993Oct30.172902.22640@chpc.utexas.edu> Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC References: <1993Oct29.203132.26920@chpc.utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 93 17:29:02 GMT Lines: 49 In article <1993Oct29.203132.26920@chpc.utexas.edu> kneuper@chpc.utexas.edu (Stephen Kneuper) writes: >Hello... a question from a newbie. > >I picked up the NetBSD-0.9 floppies from the net and am trying to >install NetBSD on my newly acquired hardware. It runs msdos ok. > >The system is a AMI board with 486/33, 16meg memory, Adaptec 1542C >controller and a Toshiba mk438fb hard disk (plus et4000 vesa video and >2s1p1g, if that matters). > >It boots the first floppy (kernel) fine, and asks for the second >floppy. > >When I place the second floppy in and hit a character, it correctly >announces all the hardware upto the point where it is looking for the >disk drives (it finds the floppies). > >It then issues the messages (case might be off slightly): > >#start of messages >aha_cmd: aha1542 cmd/data port full >aha0 at 0x330-337 irq 11 drq 5 on isa >aha0: bus speed 200ns >cmd fail >abort failed in wait >#end of messages > >It sounds like the driver isn't getting a response back from the >1542c. The disk access light is on at this point but the disk isn't >doing anything. > >Suggestions??? Should I investigate a better terminated internal >cable for my scsi disk drive, per the net.conversation of a few months >ago??? By the way: the floppies worked when I tried them on a machine >with a IDE controller... > >-- >Steve Kneuper kneuper@chpc.utexas.edu - Internet It turns out the problem was solved when I turned of the BIOS on the 1542c card. Thanks for all the personal replies. -- Steve Kneuper kneuper@chpc.utexas.edu - Internet System Programming Group University of Texas System (mailcode 78700) Center for High Performance Computing phone: (512)471-2472 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin Tx 78712 fax: (512)471-2445