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From: grefen@convex.com (Stefan Grefen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542CF w/NetBSD
Date: 25 Jan 1994 10:04:38 GMT
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corp, Richardson, TX USA
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Message-ID: <2i2qrm$124@convex.convex.com>
References: <CJusGC.A47@specgw.spec.co.jp> <759404599snz@brixham.demon.co.uk> <fenCK5now.7z3@netcom.com>
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In article <fenCK5now.7z3@netcom.com>, Fen Labalme <fen@netcom.com> wrote:
>Martin Allard (mea@brixham.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: I am also having difficulties with the Adaptec 1542CF.
>: The hardware is definitely ok.
>: 386BSD 0.1 loads and runs fine, but NetBSD 0.9 will not
>: install.  It just says "device not configured".
>
>: Please can we have a definitive answer as to whether the
>: 1542CF is supposed to work with NetBSD 0.9?
>: After all, this is the current Adaptec model.

I have a 1542A, and it's running fine with NetBSD09 and NetBSD-current.
The only difference I've noticed from 386bsd is that the timeout value
during the initial probing phase has been reduced. I was forced to
move my Streamer to ID5 to be regognized (it isn't ready after the
device reset when probed as ID2-4). I think your harddisk is a slow
starter after an SCSI-Bus reset. Increase the timeout in scsiconf.c 
for probing or add a big delay after a reset in arch/i386/isa/ahaxxxx.c.

You can test it switching your disk to ID6 and booting from floppy.
If it finds the disk than it's this reset timeout problem.

Stefan

>
>
>I also get "device not configured" when trying to load NetBSD-0.9
>onto a '486 box with an Adaptek 1542CF.
>
>Can someone please give us a definitive answer?
>
>(So far, it looks like the answer is: go see if the store will
> trade the 1542CF for a 1542C, an adapter that I know works...)
>
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>Fen
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