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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!demos!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: ckane@best.com (C Kane) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: HELP: AIC7880 Ultra SCSI controller Date: 3 Mar 1997 15:36:34 -0800 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5ffna2$dh7@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com Keywords: AIC7880 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5558 Does NetBSD-1.2/i386 support the Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra SCSI embedded controller (revision v1.2S-HP)? I am able to boot from the install floppy, which does "see" the disk, complete the install process which creates the initial filesystems on the hard disk, and copy the kernel to the disk. The boot messages are: ahc1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 ahc1: interrupting at irq 9 ahc1: Reading SEEPROM...checksum error ahc1: No SEEPROM availible ahc1: Using left over BIOS settings ahc1: aic7880 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs ahc1: Reseting Channel A ahc1: Downloading Sequencer Program...Done scsibus0 at ahc1 ahc1: target 0 synchronous at 10.0MHz, offset = 0xf sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, SST32550N, 8303> SCSI2 0/direct fixed sd0: 2033MB, 3511 cyl, 11 head, 107 sec, 512 ytes/sec The typos for "available" and "resetting" should be fixed, but otherwise these messages appear to be "normal". But then I cannot boot from the hard disk. The screen goes blank with the words "Read error" at the upper left and the system hangs. The 'netbsd-' boot prompt never appears. I did try reloading the boot blocks. Please email your responses to ckane@best.com. Thanks for any suggestions... -- Chuck