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Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 21:59:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Myers <ccrider@whiterose.net>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: BusLogic 946c Problems
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Doug White wrote:

> On Thu, 7 May 1998, Robert Myers wrote:
> 
> > I am having a bit of a problem installing FreeBSD 2.2.6
> > 
> > I have a 486 AMD 100, with 32 megs of ram, and a Buslogic 946c 
> > controller BIOS revision 4.96F.
> > The IRQ on the PCI Slot is 11, and the IO address when I boot BSD and 
> > configure the kernel is 330
> > 
> >  I cannot seem to format the disk, an IBM model.
> > 
> > I get random lockups when the newfs starts and not necassarily on the 
> > root partition either....sometimes it locks up during the newfs for usr.
> 
> Doug's Advice for SCSI Problems:
> 
> 1.  Check termination and cabling.
> 2.  Check termination and cabling again.
> 3.  Check termination and cabling one more time just to be sure it's
>     correct.
> 

	I have no problem checking the cabling and termination, which I 
will do.  But it is sort of puzzling why this all works under ms-dos.

> Are there any errors reported in the system log?

This is when I install FreeBSD.....I do not think there is a system log, 
is there?

-Bob 
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