Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 22:47:43 -0700 (PDT) From: bridges@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Michael D. Bridges) To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: bridges@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov Subject: Prob - 2.1 FreeBSD boot floppy "can't see" controller: Adaptec 2940W Message-ID: <199604300547.WAA27896@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov>
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I've previously installed and successfully run FreeBSD with XFree86 on a 486. This system preforms beautifully. So I tried to do the same thing on a Pentium. I was unsuccessful :^( The Boot floppy probe process apparently can't find my disk controller and/or disk. This pentium system has an Adaptec 2940W SCSI controller with Seagate 32550W 2GB Barrcuda disk on an Intel Endeavor motherboard. According the 2.1 FreeBSD docs, this controller is supported. Unfortunately, the boot disk doesn't see the my disk. At least the "novice" & "custom" menu items claim that the disk is unseen. Based on the FreeBSD documentation I should have seen "ahc0" come up when devices are being probed at boot time. This didn't happen. I tried a couple of reset boots, but still no disk controller. (Of course if it was at the end of the boot process it might have blown by. The last third of this process blows off the screen and into the "install menu". Wish it would wait a few moments or ask if I wish to proceed. This would help me see what the probe process found.) In any case, I next floppy booted with the "-c" option. The config "ls" command did not show the expected "ahc0". So next I went to visual mode. Visual mode shows that device "ahc1" should take care of the 294x family of controllers --> unlike the docs which refer to "ahc0". In any case the -c boot didn't help, except to provide more confusion. So a three of questions: 1) Is there a way to manually force a couple of probes for the Adaptec 2940W controller during the floppy boot? 2) How can I get a list of devices see by the probe during floppy boot? 3) Got an idea what I should try next? Thanks for the help, Mike Bridges
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