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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 1995 16:01:36 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        scouch@io.org (Stephen Couchman)
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI disk not being recognized
Message-ID:  <199512170531.QAA02480@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199512160347.WAA08458@io.org> from "Stephen Couchman" at Dec 15, 95 10:47:51 pm

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Stephen Couchman stands accused of saying:
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 from a Walnut Cove CD.  When I try to
> partition my hard disk, I am told that the system cannot find it.

Erosion is a wonderful thing, is it not?

> I am using an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller with a Fujitsu SCSI disk drive
> attached.  This drive is found without a problem by MS-DOS, but not by BSD.

You are using an Adaptec 2940 "Ultra" which has a different PCI signature to 
the original 2940, and which is _not_ supported by FreeBSD 2.0.5.  You will 
need to use WC's NQA exchange policy to get a copy of 2.1.

> Stephen Couchman    | scouch@io.org

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