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From: mbarkah@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Ade Barkah)
Subject: Re: HELP: installing netbsd+64mb RAM+adaptec
Message-ID: <1994Nov11.071527.130451@slate.mines.colorado.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 07:15:27 GMT
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Hello,

I'm very new to netbsd and bsd in general, so I apologize
if this isn't the right group.

I'm trying to install NetBSD 1.0 via floppies to my system.
This machine is a DECpc 486 class machine, 64 megabytes
of memory, with a 1 gigabyte SCSI drive attached an
Adaptec SCSI host adapter (1542 series.)

I get through the initial installation questions (root size,
swap size, etc.) and trouble starts after I answer "yes"
to the "Are you SURE you want NetBSD installed ... ? (yes/no)".

An error message immediately appears:

Labelling disk sd0...sd0:no disk label
aha: DMA beyond end of ISA
sd0: not queuedaha0: DMA beyond end of ISA

etc.

Eventually the system reboots.

It appears that somehow DMA is being attempted above
16mb. Is there a way to get around this ?

Thanks in advance,

-Ade Barkah