Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 11:10:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960829111002.229O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3225CFA6.55DE@degnet.baynet.de>
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On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote: > 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 ? Disable the floppy controller on the I/O card and use the one built into the motherboard, or vice versa. Both are enabled and they are conflicting. 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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