From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 29 13:55:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA00612 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 13:55:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00603 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 13:55:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA00733; Fri, 29 May 1998 13:55:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 13:55:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Mike cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 7895P In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 29 May 1998, Mike wrote: > I noticed the Handbook mentions 'Adaptec AIC7850 on-board SCSI > controllers', but does not mention the 7895P (realatively new?). This > controller has dual UW and W support. I'm trying to setup two UW WD > Enterprise 4360's. > > What is the probability of getting this controller to work properly? > > When I boot a 2.2.6 boot.flp image, the controller is found but no > devices are probed and fbsd can't find any disks to install to. What does the probe line(s) for the device look like? > It looks something like this (a retype, not a screen grab...): > > ------ > pci0:14:0: Adaptec, device=0x7895, class=storage (scsi) int b irq 10 [no > driver assigned] This is a 7895 which is only supported with the CAM patches. > There's an identical entry for 'pci0:14:1:'. Does [no driver assigned] > mean I need to set something up in the SCSI BIOS with a DOS util or with > SCSI Select, or is it more straight-forward and trying to tell me 'i don't > know what this is, exactly...'? It's straightforward. The device/vendor ID doesn't match any known in any driver. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message