From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Oct 24 8:10: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E602E150BE for ; Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA99627; Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910241510.IAA99627@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: i386/14492: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card Reply-To: Chris Costello Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/14492; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Chris Costello To: fargher@aebc.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/14492: FreeBSD won't install/work with an Asus SC875 SCSI card Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:03:13 -0500 On Sun, Oct 24, 1999, fargher@aebc.com wrote: > ncr0 (Symbios 810 chip; the card is a Gigabyte GA-410) is no problem. > But ncr1 is an Asus SC875 card, based upon the Symbios 875 chip. When > I try to install FreeBSD, the installer balks at this card, trying large > numbers of hex numbers (addresses?) in pairs. It takes a very long time > to exhaust the list (especially as each pair of hex numbers is tried 4 > times), after which the installer gives up on this card. Seeing as how > all my hard drives are on this card, I can't install FreeBSD. I've installed FreeBSD 3.1 on this system with the following ncr controller: ncr0: irq 10 at device 10.0 on pci0 It is a Diamond FirePort 40. Seems that the Asus card may not be completely compatible with the ncr driver. -- |Chris Costello |Logic is neither an art or a science but a dodge. `------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message