Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 10:47:35 +0000 From: Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>, Harald Wittmann <wittmann@fmi.uni-passau.de> Subject: Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup Message-ID: <32281847.46B5@degnet.baynet.de> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960830231634.267g-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote: > > there is no floppy-controller on the motherboard; > > therefore my friend used the floppy-controller on the IO-card. > Odd. Is there an option to disable it in the BIOS, and if so, is it > turned off? There is no option in the BIOS regarding the floppy-controller. > Is something using the floppy controller IRQ (irq 3 I think)? It is IRQ 6 and there are no conflicts. > > > > 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 Darius Moos. email: moos@degnet.baynet.de
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