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Date:      Wed, 18 Dec 1996 17:00:26 -0800 (PST)
From:      Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To:        Guido Kollerie <gkoller@pi.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.com
Subject:   Re: Buslogic driver and SCSI id's > 7
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.961218165945.1147C-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <Chameleon.850952201.guido@kinchenna>

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On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Guido Kollerie wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a system with a Buslogic 
> BT-958 UW-SCSI adapter. As this is a wide adapater it supports 
> SCSI id's from 0 to 15. This is a list with the SCSI id's in 
> use:
> 
>  2: Pioneer DR-U10X SCSI-2 CDROM drive
>  7: BT-958
> 15: Fast-Wide SCSI-2 2,1 GB Fujitsu M2952QUA harddrive
> 
> When I try to boot, it recognizes the adapter as a BT-946 
> adapter. The CDROM (id 2) is recognized but by harddrive (id 
> 15) isn't. Nevertheless the menu appears and I select Novice 
> installation. A message appears telling me a fdisk like program 
> will be used to select a slice/partition. I press continue upon 
> which I get a message saying no disks were found!
> 
> Is it because my adapter is recognized as a BT-946, which isn't 
> a wide adapter and as a result doesn't support SCSI id's higher 
> the 7, that my harddrive isn't recognized. Or is it something 
> else. There's always the possibilities of assigning the 
> harddrive a different SCSI id, but I prefer a software 
> solution. Can anybody help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Guido Kollerie.
> 

This is interesting.  I don't know if this datum is relevant, but just in 
case: my BT-948 is also detected as a BT-946.


 Ben

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