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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!newsfeed.pitt.edu!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!paperboy.wellfleet.com!news3.near.net!sol.caps.maine.edu!web.ddp.state.me.us!gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us!isdmill From: isdmill@gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us (David Miller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI woes! Buslogic/Adaptec SCSI & Seagate HDD's... Date: 25 Jan 1996 18:20:19 GMT Organization: Maine State Government Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4e8hl3$fq4@web.ddp.state.me.us> References: <khan.821902830@olympic> NNTP-Posting-Host: gatekeeper.ddp.state.me.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Khan Klatt (khan@olympic.pacificrim.net) wrote: : I won't *EVEN* go into the fact that I couldn't get my hands on a Buslogic : 946C (it was discontinued-- great, Adaptec, Buslogic, NEITHER work with my : box!).. so then finally I order a Buslogic 956C. Who says the 946C's are discontinued? I picked up a pair less than a month ago.... : And I plug in both of my Seagate Hawk 31250(?) HDD's into it. You won't believe : HOW MUCH tweaking I had to do to have the BIOS even recognize one of the drives. : I still haven't been able to have the BIOS find both SCSI drives. What bios? The PC should be configured to say there are no hard drives. About the only options on the BT cards to twiddle with are "bios controls booting", and "compatibility option". : So, to get down to the question, does anyone know what black magic I need to : accomplish to get my Adaptec 956C card to find the darn Seagates? No, it's not a : SCSI problem, (drives work configured identically on another system, card sees IBM : drives with same SCSI id's). Those are the only two to worry about: set them and run the utilites menu/SCSI bus info to report what's on the bus. : Once the drives show up, I suppose BSDI will run very smoothly, but if I can't : get the hardware to work (and mind you it's not the hardware I *wanted* to use) : what good is BSDI? Indeed it will. Don't worry about DOS seeing them. I don't know whether you were or not:) Just set the controller up as the primary, and play with the other two options. As a last resort, email me and I'll cycle my system so I can tell you what works here. -- David Miller Usual disclaimers apply