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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Hanover.Germany.EU.net!Hamburg.Germany.EU.net!nuki.NetUSE.de!tpki.toppoint.de!rimki.toppoint.de!chrimek Date: 22 Feb 1996 15:06:00 +0100 From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Message-ID: <63MFIwGoo$B@rimki.toppoint.de> References: <824306781.6609@marcw.support.demon.net> Subject: Re: adaptec 1542cp scsi controller X-Newsreader: CrossPoint v3.1 R/C6513 Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Reply-To: chrimek@toppoint.de Lines: 35 Hello In article <824306781.6609@marcw.support.demon.net>, marcw (marcw@demon.net) wrote: > Problem: > > manage to do copy_kernel ok as part of initail installation, then > when machine goes to reboot from hd system hangs at netbsd prompt. > > Using all of the hd for netbsd. > > Hardware: > > adaptec 1542cp scsi controller (isa) , fujitsu m1606sau scsi2 hdd. > > i suspect the adaptec controller, anyone managed to install > successfully using the 1542cp specificly? Recently I installed NetBSD on my computer at home, a standard PC with ISA bus, an old Adaptec 1542B, all harddisks, the tape and CDROM drives are SCSI devices, and 32MB RAM. The system did not work: the ISA Adaptec 1542B is limited to 16MB RAM (20 address lines only). Then I removed half of the memory and now it runs perfectly. It was not a fault of the operating system but one of the limited ISA hardware. Maybe there were no problem with Adaptec's VLB adapters, but I am not willing to spend any more money for this old non-PCI-non-Pentium system. So, how much RAM do you have installed? -cr -- Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany (+49 431 57601) chrimek@toppoint.de