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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.winterlan.com!frii.com!deimos.frii.com!jfrancis From: jfrancis@frii.com (Jeff Francis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5/EISA/AHA1740 not finding drives Date: 28 Nov 1996 16:50:08 GMT Organization: Front Range Internet, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <57kfs0$deb@europa.frii.com> References: <329B228D.167EB0E7@microware.com> <57fght$le8@raven.eva.net> <329B8DFC.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> <Pine.SUN.3.90.961126180822.23868B-100000@bighorn.accessnv.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deimos.frii.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J.C. Archambeau (jca@accessnv.com) wrote: : On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Ron Bolin wrote: : > I ran 2.0 on a Adaptec 1742 system, but when I tried to update to 2.1.5 : > it would never recognize the 1742 controller. This seems to be broken, : > and I am not sure anyone will or has fix it. I posted the problem a few : > months ago when 2.1.5 came out. I configured the ahb0 driver (not active : > anymore in the boot floppy) but it would not work. So I just took the : > drive out of the 48650 EISA machine and put it in a Pent PCI 2940 machine : > and upgraded without any problems. : Well, you need to submit a problem report. It is quite possible that : the 174x driver was broken during the upgrade process. One harsh reality : with EISA systems is that there is little support for EISA cards and what : little support may end up getting broken during a kernel upgrade. I would : personally start looking into the diffs between 2.0 and 2.1.5 at the : device driver level. : I haven't tried FreeBSD with my EISA system yet, but if the Buslogic : driver is solid I shouldn't have any problems with my system which has : a Buslogic BT-757C. I'm currently running 2.1.5 on an ancient 486DX2/66 Asus EISA/VL system with an Adaptec 1740 with no problems. On the SCSI bus, I've got 2xHD, 1/4" tape, 4mm tape, and a CD. Getting the termination correct was a pain, but otherwise, no problems. I solved the termination problem with a Sun active terminator. +---------+------------------------------+--------------------------+---------+ | | Jeff Francis | | | | (__) | Network Specialist | Gun Control: Simple | ____/| | | /( oo | Paranet - Denver, CO USA | solutions for simple | \ o.O| | | /\_| | jfrancis@paranet.com -wk | minds. | =(_)= | | | jfrancis@mail.frii.com -hm | | U | +---------+------------------------------+--------------------------+---------+