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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pa.mother.com!step.mother.com!boethius From: James Antoniou <boethius@step.mother.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NCR 53c825 support? Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 19:02:51 -0700 Organization: Mother.COM Lines: 26 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951012190016.25749A-100000@step.mother.com> References: <199510130147.CAA14497@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: step.mother.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199510130147.CAA14497@wipux2.wifo.uni-mannheim.de> On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Andrew Wheadon wrote: > In article <45hpvq$cqk@pa.mother.com> you write: > > > >Hi... I have an NCR 53c825 PCI SCSI host adapter that I have been trying > >to get to work with FreeBSD. I have 4 SCSI hard drives. 3 are internal > >and 1 is external. The drive at the end of the SCSI chain (terminated) > >comes up. The big fast/wide Quantum I just got is not recognized nor is > >the drive that sits between the terminated fast SCSI-2 drive and the ex- > >ternal drive. When I unplug the external drive, only the terminated drive > >comes up. > > > >And ideas? > Maybe I'm misunderstanding it or maybe I shouldn't be pointing > out obvious things which you would have thought of, but > you can't mix wide with non-wide drives on the same bus. Really? Well, that would be strange considering... OS/2, DOS/Windows, Windows95, and Linux all boot and recognize both the fast and fast/wide drives. The PCI HA has both 50- and 68-pin connectors on the card so it's obviously equipped to handle both busses. FYI