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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!caen!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!purdue!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!slate!mbarkah 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 References: <1994Nov11.071053.26169@slate.mines.colorado.edu> Organization: Colorado School of Mines X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Lines: 30 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