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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!news.duke.edu!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 1.1R] Adapter frozen? Date: 31 May 1994 04:55:30 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 35 Message-ID: <2seg02$n00@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <2s5nnc$eg1@mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <2s5nnc$eg1@mercury.mcs.com>, Nik <malenovi@MCS.COM> wrote: >Hello, > >I have heard that 1.1 RELEASE has a problem booting off w/ Adaptec. First I have heard of it. >I haven't had this problem w/ 1.0e&RELEASE, so while I'd like to upgrade to >1.1 - I really can't cuz the boot disks simply won't boot :( they lock up. >so here is what the setup is: Are you using the 1.1 boot disks and they lock-up your machine? >- adaptec 1542 w/ 3 SCSI disks - one is Maxtor (ID2), Quantum 210S (ID1) >and Seqagate 237 (ID0). During the boot procedure I get "adapter not taking >commands, frozen???" - regardless wether I put Quantum as ID 0, 1 or 2. Obviously the Quantum can't go and ID 0 and 2 since the Maxtor and Seagate are already at those adresses. > I >also tried recompiling the boot blocks for the hard disks and booting off >the hard disk - but to no avail. the problem is obviously that there is some >new code in 1.1 which locks w/ my Quantum 210s (which happens to be fairly >old HD). If you take the quantum out of the picture, does the machine boot? Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Looking for a good job.