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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!peer-news.britain.eu.net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!viking.ucsalf.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: mark@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk (Mark Powell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.10 Install with AIC-7850 Fast SCSI-2 problem: hangs writing disk partition Date: 26 Feb 1996 09:03:41 -0000 Organization: Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4grt1d$gd1@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk> References: <4gpj7u$k9u@gidora.kralizec.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucsalf.ac.uk In article <4gpj7u$k9u@gidora.kralizec.net.au>, Andrew Reilly <reilly@zeta.org.au> wrote: >Hi, > >I have a new system with an Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI-2 controller on the motherboard. >This is supposed to be similar to the AHA-2940 PCI card, but with fewer SCBs. >Anyway, the installation disks recognised the controller, and seemed to be going fine >(which is much better than I managed with NetBSD1.1) right up to the point where I >said "go ahead, do it." It put up an informational message to the effect that it was >writing the disk label info, and then hung with the drive activity light on. This was >from the "Novice" install. I already had FreeBSD installed on a SCSI disk. I upgraded my motherboard to one with a 7850 on board. The kernel booted recognised the chipset, but some SCSI error message repeatedly flew up the screen. I just installed a AHA2940 and haven't tried it again since. >Andrew Reilly: reilly@zeta.org.au +61 2 559 5029 (h) -- Mark Powell - Senior Network Technician - Room: C806 Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, UK. Tel: +44 161 745 3376 Fax: +44 161 736 3596 Email: mark@ucsalf.ac.uk finger mark@ucsalf.ac.uk (for PGP key) <A HREF="http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/~mark/">Home Page</A>