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Date:      Fri, 22 Aug 1997 22:39:14 +0200
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        paulg@interlog.com (Paul Griffith)
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD, 1522, SCSI CDROM, HD timeout error
Message-ID:  <19970822223914.DW10161@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970822125829.17734A-100000@shell1.interlog.com>; from Paul Griffith on Aug 22, 1997 13:11:13 -0400
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.970822125829.17734A-100000@shell1.interlog.com>

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As Paul Griffith wrote:

> I am having problems installing FreeBSD on an Adaptec 1522 SCSI  card. On
> boot probe it sees the card with the external SCSI  cdrom, and the IBM
> internal HD ( model no. DSAS-3540). However on the debug screen, it shows
> that both the CDROM and HD time out.

Well, this is not very surprising.  The aic(4) driver is basically
unmaintained, and we no longer refer to it as `supported'.  It went
down into a `this might or might not work for you' item.

Of course, we don't mind you applying for the vacant job of a
maintainer for this driver. :-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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