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From: pasqual@hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ajith Pasqual)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: HELP!! Newbie : AHA 2940UW + ST32155W + P6-200 Problems!!
Date: 05 Feb 1997 06:54:36 GMT
Organization: Hatori-Aizawa Lab, Dept of Elec. Eng, Univ.of Tokyo, Japan
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Distribution: ee


Hi!,

 I've been trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.6 from Walnut Creek CD (For thr first
time!!). I've a major problem. Probing does not detect my Hard Disk when I
boot from boot floppy (Floppyless installation failed). Any help would be
greatly appreciated. 

Here are my computer configuration and the boot messages I got :

Gateway Pentium Pro 200
32MB RAM with 256KB L2 Cache
Adaptec AHA 2940UW PCI SCSI host adapter (Ultra Wide)
Seagate ST32155W (Hawk 2XL 2GB Ultra Wide) 
Matsushita 8X SCSI CDROM CR-506

I've partitioned the disk for Win95 (C:) and for FreeBSD (D:). At this momment
I cannot have the luxury of FreebSD in full disk!! 

During a normal boot SCSI BIOS identifies the SCSI devices correctly :

SCSI  ID #0  : CDROM CR-506
SCSI  ID #15 : Seagate ST32155W  Drive C : (80h)


Boot Messages :

chip0 <Intel 82440FX (Natoma) PCI and Memory Controller> rev 2 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371SB PCI-ISA bridge> rev 1 on pci0:7:0
chip2 <Intel 82371SB IDE Interface> rev 0 on pci0:7:1
      mapreg[20] type 1 addr=0000ffa0 size=0010

ahc0 <Adpatec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 0 int a irq10 on pci0:11
     mapreg[10] type=1 addr=0000fc00 size=0100
     mapreg[14] type=0 addr=ffbeb000 size=1000
ahc0: Reading SEEPROM ... done.
ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16 SCB's
ahc0: Reseeting Channel A
ahc0: Probing Channel A
ahc0 waiting for SCSI devices to settle
ahc0:A:0 refuses WIDE negotiation. USing 8 bit transfers
<*** This message disappeared when I set "Initiate Wide Negotiation" to "no"
SCSI Dev. ID ## 0 (CDROM) in SCSI Select **>
ahc0: target 0 sysnchronous at 10.0 MHz, offset=0xf
(ahc0:0:0) : "MATSHITA CD ROM CR-506 8S05" type 5 removable SCSI 2
cd0(ahc0:0:0): CD-ROM cd present [259826 x 2048 byte records]
.
.
.
BIOS Geometrics
  0:0104fe3f 0..260=261 cylinders, 0..254=255 heads, 1..63=63 secots
  0 accounted for 


I've played with various settings in SCSI Select, but I keep getting the same
messages.

If this information matters : (SCSI Select seetings)

Host Adapter SCSI ID .....     7
SCSI Parity Checking           Enable
Host Adapter SCSI termination  Automatic


Boot Target ID ....... 15 (This was 0 earlier - but NO change at all!)

Initiate WIDE negotiation .. no for SCSI ID #0
Extended Translation (>1GB) .. Enabled
Support for Ultra SCSI speed .. Enable  (Earlier it was disabled - default -
But no change again!!) 

In the Visual Configuration Mode :
Storage - Disabled ALL except fdc0
Network - Disabled ALL
Communication : Enabled ALL
PCI           : No Conflicts


Hope I've included ALL relevant information.  Thank you very much in advance 
for your precious time.  

Regards,
Ajith.
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Ajith Pasqual  - Dept of Info. & Comm. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo.
Email:pasqual@hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp (WWW)http://www.hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~pasqual/
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Ajith Asela Pasqual  - Dept of Info. & Comm. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo.
Email:pasqual@hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp (WWW)http://www.hal.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~pasqual/
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