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From: mw@theatre.pandora.sax.de (Martin Welk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: One IDE + One SCSI??
Date: 20 Oct 1996 18:14:01 GMT
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In article <547r7m$mng@news.ox.ac.uk>,
long@njl2. (Neil J Long) writes:
>a small (99M) IDE drive (C:) '/'
>a big SCSI drive (2G) on Adaptec 1542 (d:) - split in to /usr /var and swap
>
>I have been failing to get it to boot - install goes OK but can't get it
>to boot up.
At least it works on one machine where I installed FreeBSD (starting with
2.0.5., upgraded to 2.1, since then running stable for more than a month
between reboots depending of the power support.)
That special machine contained a IDE disk (on board adapter, 486 mother-
board, ISA/PCI) and SCSI disk and CD-ROM connected to an Adaptec AHA-1542B.
Now it contains an NCR 53C810 based PCI adapter and it works flawlessly,
too.
Did you check the I/O address, interrupt and DMA settings? Is the Adaptec's
BIOS enabled or disabled? I had problems with enabled Adaptec BIOS on a VLB
motherboard.
What error messages do you get when trying to install?
Martin
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