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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 1996 19:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Matt Rosenberg <matt@server.wulaw.wustl.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 2940UW install for 2.1.5R
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961001192337.2062D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.961001163851.21094A-100000@server.wulaw.wustl.edu>

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On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Matt Rosenberg wrote:

> I am trying to install 2.1.5 on a new Compaq ProLiant 5000 with an onboard
> SCSI controller.  The controller was not listed as compatible with FreeBSD
> so I got an Adaptec 2940UW in its place and completely disabled the
> onboard controller.  The 2940UW BIOS loads fine and I can access the
> attached devices under DOS, but when the install floppy's kernel loads and
> the PCI bus is probed, no SCSI hosts are found.  Therefore when I get to
> the install menu, I'm told I don't have any disk dirves.  Suggestions?

Try disabling the other SCSI controllers in -c if you can.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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