From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 5 18:56:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA02165 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 18:56:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com ([210.145.37.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA02032; Tue, 5 May 1998 18:56:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA00535; Tue, 5 May 1998 14:57:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805052157.OAA00535@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Doug White cc: kris zentner , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 sysinstall probe problems with ST31621A In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 May 1998 14:58:54 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 14:57:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Sun, 3 May 1998, kris zentner wrote: > > > After weeks of effort trying to get FreeBSD 2.2.6 sysinstall to probe my > > Seagate (aka conner) drive I've found that there seems to be a problem > > with the sysinstall probing the drive (model number CFS1621A or > > ST31621A). The the system is as follows: Just to clarify, it's not Sysinstall probing the drive (as such). What happens is that sysinstall goes looking for stuff that the kernel has found. The only way it can do this is by trying to open everything that might exist and remembering which ones work. It's a pathetic "poor brother" to DEVFS. Is the drive itself locking up? Are you certain that the system is locked? Have you tried putting a disk in the Zip? It's possible that the Zip is just timing out very slowly. > > Pentium 166 w/ 32mb ram, awe64 soundcard, hercules stingray 128, Adaptec > > AHA-1520 scsi controller (running a zip drive) > > 4.1gig Fujitsu MPA3043AT on primary master > > 1.6gig Seagate (formerly Conner) ST3121A on primary slave > > Sony CDU55E 2x CD-ROM on secondary master > > > > What seems to happen is that the sysinstall probe will seem to probe the > > disk(s) during the "probing devices, please wait..." screen and then > > after about 5 mins either hang (if that drive is connected) or continue. > > Well, start pulling disks until it works. I'd start with the Zip drive; > sysinstall does NOT like them. Sysinstall doesn't care one way or the other. The ATAPI code in the FreeBSD kernel is a little grubby, and the ATAPI Zip shows up a few problems with it. SCSI Zip drives work just fine. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message