Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:53:06 -0600 (CST) From: "Lee E. Hinman" <hinman@networkcs.com> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Help with Onboard Adaptec 7890 and LVD drive Message-ID: <199901141753.LAA02406@us.networkcs.com>
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Hi, I'm trying to install 3.0Release on a Gateway ALR 7200, and I'm having a daemon of a time getting it to boot off the Hard drive. Here are the specs: 2 Adaptec 7890 onboard Controlers, Bios 2.01 Seagate ST34573LW Hard Drive Phoenix Bios 4.0 6.00.4 What happens: Boots off floppy fine detects 7890 Controller Do Novice Install, with Minimal distribution set reboot get a "Read Error" from Bios when it should start booting FreeBSD Things I've Tried: Different LVD terminators Different SCSI cables Jumpering the TP jumper on HD Forcing HD Single Ended Slowing Down Transfer Rate to 40M/sec in Adaptec Bios True Partion Entries Explicitly setting bootable flag during format I have Disabled the Second Adaptec Controler Does Anybody have any ideas? Thanks Lee -- ___________________________________________________________________________ | Lee E. Hinman PhD. | Email: hinman@networkcs.com | | Network Computing Services Inc. | | | Minneapolis, MN 55415 | Web: www.networkcs.com | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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