From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 29 08:18:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA13248 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:18:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (root@cyclone.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA13199; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:18:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from neuron.bsd.uni-passau.de (ppp3 [194.95.214.133]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA00707; Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:29:38 +0200 Message-ID: <3225CFA6.55DE@degnet.baynet.de> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:13:10 +0000 From: Darius Moos Reply-To: moos@degnet.baynet.de X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers CC: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, have to ask this for a friend. Here we go: Hardware: - SOYO-Pentium-mainboard - Adaptec 2940 without floppy-connector - IO-card with floppy-controller Symptoms: - When booting with the above hardware, the memory gets checked by the BIOS correctly and then when the Adaptec is in turn, the bootup-process just stops before the Adaptec gets active to scan the SCSI-devices and the machine hangs. - the happens with a different floppy-controller. - when taking any floppy-controller out of the machine, the BIOS-bootup gets to the Adaptec, the Adaptec installs his BIOS without problems and the machine runs fine. Question: - Anyone else had similar problems and knows a solution or a workaround ? - What component is the troublemaker (MB / AHA-2940 / FD-controller) ? Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Darius Moos. email: moos@degnet.baynet.de