Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 13:46:05 +0100 (BST) From: Gordon Henderson <gordon@drogon.net> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Anyone using Adaptec 2940 & ASUS '486 boards? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960607125022.236A-100000@unicorn>
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It's probably not a specific FreeBSD question - but I'm trying to get FreeBSD going on this combination. ASUS 486 mainboard (PVI-486SP3) AMD 486DX4/100 processor 64MB RAM Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI card Cirrus 5436 PCI graphics card 3com590 ethernet card and 3 SCSI disks. (No IDE's) It doesn't work. The problems I see are the scsi disks not being recognised by the firmware on the SCSI card or, the machine hanging during the newfs part of an installation. It doesn't make any difference if the ethernet card in in or not so I don't think thats causing the problem. If I replace the PCI SCSI card with an old Adaptec ISA SCSI card then it works fine, I can complete the install without a hitch. If I take the 3 cards & memory and plug them into an ASUS P120 board then it also works fine. I have tried 2 different ASUS PVI-486SP3 mainboards and 2 different Adaptec 2490 PCI SCSI carsd with no luck. I've double checked the board jumpers & BIOS settings, altered them, reset them back to defaults but with no luck. Anyone seen any similar problems with ASUS 486 mainboards or the Adaptec PCI SCSI cards? Gordon
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