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From: watpod77@alfred.carleton.ca (Andrew Cornwall)
Subject: [386BSD] Newbie SCSI question
Message-ID: <watpod77.722318559@cunews>
Keywords: SCSI,Adaptec,386
Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 04:02:39 GMT
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I've been trying to set up a 386BSD system on my machine, but I can't
get the 0.1 boot disk to boot. I've got an Adaptec 1542B, and when I
installed it in the default configuration and booted the 0.1 bootable,
it didn't recognize the controller. I know the controller works,
'cause I was able to go into DOS and use the HD... but I can't seem to
get 386BSD to talk to it.
The weird thing is that when 0.1 boots, I don't get any controller
messages at all! I can talk to the floppy OK (it's on the same card),
but after the fd is recognized, the as isn't. According to the FAQ,
this means that something is incorrectly-configured on the card. The
default on the card is IRQ 11, DMA 5, BIOS enabled at DC000. I changed
the BIOS to be at C8000, still no dice. Then I changed the IRQ to 14,
and still nothing happens.
Unfortunately, I'm a SCSI neophyte, so the one-page manual that came
with the 1542B isn't much help. It's got lots of options that I can
change, but doesn't tell me anything about what they are. If anyone
can tell me what I'm doing wrong, please do so. Also, if you could
point me to a good SCSI book, I'd love to read it :-)
Andrew Jr.
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Andrew Cornwall
watpod77@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca