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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:12018 comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2376 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!pandora!sysseh From: sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au (Stephen Hocking) Subject: Re: Installation of NetBSD and FreeBSD on to SCSI failing Nntp-Posting-Host: netfl15a.devetir.gov References: <31mu7v$5sg@nwfocus.wa.com> Sender: usenet@devetir.qld.gov.au (Network News) Organization: DEVETIR, QLD, AUSTRALIA Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 06:21:05 GMT Message-ID: <sysseh.775894865@pandora> Distribution: "world" Lines: 20 Try changing the IRQ on the adaptor to 12 - it may think you have a BusLogic adaptor, for which the GENERICBT kernel assigns IRQ 12 (no, I dont know why this was done). blood@chinook.halcyon.com (Eric Blood) writes: >Ok, I have posted twice within the last week, but I've only got >one response that didn't help. The situation is an Adaptec 1542CF >with a Maxtor LXT535-SY. The SCSI adapter is set to port 330, IRQ 11, >and DRQ 5. The SCSI drive is ID#0. When I boot up FreeBSD, the >adapter and all the devices are recognized, but trying to do >anything with the drive beyond that fails. With NetBSD, it will >recognize the adapter, but pause for a long time and state that the >cmd has failed and repeat. -- "The cop already knows what the sysadmin has to learn: The best way to manage a thousand users is at gunpoint. :)" - Mike O'Connor on systems security.