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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:59:09 -0500
From:      Mike Galvez <hoosyerdaddy@virginia.edu>
To:        Andy Clements <awc@candhsoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IBM 325 Server install - hangs on scsi settle
Message-ID:  <20040116155909.GA92865@humpty.finadmin.virginia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <400718FA.5060409@candhsoftware.com>
References:  <400718FA.5060409@candhsoftware.com>

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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:30PM -0700, Andy Clements wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have IBM 325 PCServer with one 200 Pentium Pro CPU and two SCSI HDD 
> drives and a SCSI CDROM.  I'm installing FreeBSD 4.9 via floppy and it 
> hangs when it says:
> 
> Waiting 15 seconds for drives to settle
> 
> 
> I notice that it is accessing the cdrom, during the wait, but nothing 
> else happens.  I've checked the mailing list and all I see is to turn 
> the bios virus detect off.  It seem that quite a few people are having 
> this problem...
> 
> any ideas? interrupt problem?
> 
> please CC with your reply as I am not on the list.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Andy Clements
> 

I have a couple of 325s with on-board SCSI, SCSI CDROM. Make sure that
your SCSI devices are not set to the same ID as the SCSI card or each
other.



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