From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 15 21:29:37 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA18240 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:29:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA18235 Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:29:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA02480; Sun, 17 Dec 1995 16:01:36 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512170531.QAA02480@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: SCSI disk not being recognized To: scouch@io.org (Stephen Couchman) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 16:01:36 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199512160347.WAA08458@io.org> from "Stephen Couchman" at Dec 15, 95 10:47:51 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[