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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!Germany.EU.net!sunmbx.netmbx.de!mailgzrz.TU-Berlin.DE!zib-berlin.de!gmdtub!g386bsd!ats From: ats@g386bsd.first.gmd.de (Andreas Schulz) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: [NetBSD] cannot boot install floppies on my hardware Message-ID: <4173@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> Date: 30 Oct 93 12:29:40 GMT References: <1993Oct29.203132.26920@chpc.utexas.edu> Sender: news@bigfoot.first.gmd.de Organization: GMD-FIRST, Berlin, Germany Lines: 27 In article <1993Oct29.203132.26920@chpc.utexas.edu>, Stephen Kneuper <kneuper@chpc.utexas.edu> wrote: >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). > >#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 This sounds like you have switched on some advanced features in the Adaptec 1542C. Switch all features in the Adaptec - BIOS to their default values ( this is in the menu option with "support for more 2 two drives", "dynamically scan scsi-bus" .... ). And it should run fine. I think the next version of NetBSD will have the patch in it to boot it also with some of the advanced features on. -- ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST 12489 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 Gebaeude 13.7 Tel: +49-30-6392-1856 Germany/Europe