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Date:      Mon, 4 May 1998 14:58:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        kris zentner <dksprite@got.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.6 sysinstall probe problems with ST31621A
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980504145830.23827o-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <354D0537.526F@got.net>

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On Sun, 3 May 1998, kris zentner wrote:

> After weeks of effort trying to get FreeBSD 2.2.6 sysinstall to probe my
> Seagate (aka conner) drive I've found that there seems to be a problem
> with the sysinstall probing the drive (model number CFS1621A or
> ST31621A). The the system is as follows:
> 
> Pentium 166 w/ 32mb ram, awe64 soundcard, hercules stingray 128, Adaptec
> AHA-1520 scsi controller (running a zip drive)
> 4.1gig Fujitsu MPA3043AT on primary master
> 1.6gig Seagate (formerly Conner) ST3121A on primary slave
> Sony CDU55E 2x CD-ROM on secondary master
> 
> What seems to happen is that the sysinstall probe will seem to probe the
> disk(s) during the "probing devices, please wait..." screen and then
> after about 5 mins either hang (if that drive is connected) or continue.

Well, start pulling disks until it works.  I'd start with the Zip drive;
sysinstall does NOT like them.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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