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From: bill@qstools.com (Bill Cox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation problem: FreeBSD 2.1.5 and Adaptec 2740
Date: 12 Sep 1996 15:13:43 GMT
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics, Sirius City branch
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Stefan Witzel (switzel@uni-goettingen.de) wrote:
: For testing purposes I use an old 486 DX2 66 box with an (eisa) Adaptec
: 2740 controller under 2.1.0. When I try to install 2.1.5 the controller
: and the hard disc are recognized, but later I get the messages
:
: npx0: INT 16 ....
: panic: ahc0 brkadrint, Illegal Host Access at seqaddr = 0x0
:
thuvia, where I'm posting from, is a 486-33 EISA machine with
a 2740 Adaptec controller. Here's some data:
> dmesg
FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Fri May 24 20:13:04 PDT 1996
bill@thuvia.qstools.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/THUVIA
CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU)
real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
avail memory = 63029248 (61552K bytes)
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard
sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
sio1: type 16550A
lpt0 not found at 0xffffffff
mse0 at 0x23c irq 5 on isa
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fdc0: NEC 72065B
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
fd1: 1.2MB 5.25in
ahc1: 274x Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, aic7770 >= Rev E, 4 SCBs
ahc1 at 0x1000-0x10ff irq 11 on eisa slot 1
ahc1 waiting for scsi devices to settle
(ahc1:0:0): "HP 97558-300 0B16" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc1:0:0): Direct-Access 1020MB (2089800 512 byte sectors)
sd0(ahc1:0:0): with 1962 cyls, 15 heads, and an average 71 sectors/track
(ahc1:1:0): "Quantum VP32170 89TC" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd1(ahc1:1:0): Direct-Access 2069MB (4238640 512 byte sectors)
sd1(ahc1:1:0): with 3907 cyls, 10 heads, and an average 108 sectors/track
(ahc1:3:0): "SONY CD-ROM CDU-541 2.6a" type 5 removable SCSI 2
cd0(ahc1:3:0): CD-ROM cd present.[325252 x 2048 byte records]
(ahc1:5:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2618" type 1 removable SCSI 1
st0(ahc1:5:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, drive empty
1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300
ep0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa
ep0: aui/bnc/utp[*BNC*] address 00:a0:24:67:97:20 irq 10
ep0 not found at 0x2000
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
WARNING: / was not properly dismounted.
stray irq 7
stray irq 7
pid 18477: netscape: uid 1000: exited on signal 10
stray irq 7
I strongly suspect that you have a configuration problem.
--
Bill Cox Software Janitor