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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:04:22 +1200
From:      "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: onboard SCSI controller doesn't get probed
Message-ID:  <19990421200614.ULJT5596385.mta1-rme@wocker>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904211213140.27954-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
References:  <19990421092504.ROEY5596385.mta1-rme@wocker>

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On 21 Apr 99, at 12:13, Doug White wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> > I have a DEC pc XL590 which uses a PCI-based NCR 53C810 embedded SCSI
> > controller.  When I boot from DOS, I can see the two 500M drives as C
> > and D.
> > 
> > I'm trying to install 3.1-Release from CD.  I use the visual
> > configuration to remove conflicts.  Novice Install.  Then I get "No
> > disks found".
> 
> 
> At the main install menu, press <scroll-lock> and use the arrow keys to
> look at the boot messages.  You should see a probe for the ncr device.  If
> there are any errors, that should give you a hint.

DOH!  I'd forgotten about that.  And so had several other people I've 
spoken to.  Thanks.

There are no probes to ncr0, which is what I understand the SCSI card to 
be.  It probes and finds what I would expect it to find on the ISA bus.  
But no errors are found.

Any ideas?
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