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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.PBI.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!dandelion.com!not-for-mail From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <lnz@dandelion.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: INSTALLATION PROBLEM, SCSI Date: 22 Oct 1996 00:52:37 -0700 Organization: Dandelion Digital Lines: 41 Sender: lnz@dandelion.com Message-ID: <54hug5$37f@kelewan.dandelion.com> References: <Pine.SUN.3.95.961022000216.22953A-100000@bert.eecs.uic.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dandelion.com NNTP-Posting-User: root In-reply-to: Oswaldo Nevarez's message of Tue, 22 Oct 1996 00:10:12 -0500 In article <Pine.SUN.3.95.961022000216.22953A-100000@bert.eecs.uic.edu> Oswaldo Nevarez <onevarez@bert.eecs.uic.edu> writes: I have a BUSLOGIC 948 SCSI to PCI adapter. When I install , try to install FreeBSD 2.1.5, it tells me I have no hard drives. I have tried using the -c option at the boot: prompt but was unable to get it recognize my hardrive. According to the BusLogic, set up it's on port FCECH, and IRQ 11. I tried port 0x330 with IRQ 11 but this did not work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I wrote this up for Linux but I believe it describes the problem and a solution. Leonard BT-948/958/958D INSTALLATION NOTES The BT-948/958/958D PCI Ultra SCSI Host Adapters have some features which may require attention in some circumstances when installing Linux. o PCI I/O Port Assignments When configured to factory default settings, the BT-948/958/958D will only recognize the PCI I/O port assignments made by the motherboard's PCI BIOS. The BT-948/958/958D will not respond to any of the ISA compatible I/O ports that previous BusLogic SCSI Host Adapters respond to. This driver supports the PCI I/O port assignments, so this is the preferred configuration. However, if the obsolete BusLogic driver must be used for any reason, such as a Linux distribution that does not yet use this driver in its boot kernel, BusLogic has provided an AutoSCSI configuration option to enable a legacy ISA compatible I/O port. To enable this backward compatibility option, invoke the AutoSCSI utility via Ctrl-B at system startup and select "Adapter Configuration", "View/Modify Configuration", and then change the "ISA Compatible Port" setting from "Disable" to "Primary" or "Alternate". Once this driver has been installed, the "ISA Compatible Port" option should be set back to "Disable" to avoid possible future I/O port conflicts. The older BT-946C/956C/956CD also have this configuration option, but the factory default setting is "Primary".