Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:17:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de> Cc: Harald Wittmann <wittmann@fmi.uni-passau.de>, freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960830231634.267g-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3226C1F8.74BC@degnet.baynet.de>
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote: > there is no floppy-controller on the motherboard; > therefore my friend used the floppy-controller on the IO-card. Odd. Is there an option to disable it in the BIOS, and if so, is it turned off? Is something using the floppy controller IRQ (irq 3 I think)? > > > have to ask this for a friend. > > > Here we go: > > > Hardware: > > > - SOYO-Pentium-mainboard > > > - Adaptec 2940 without floppy-connector > > > - IO-card with floppy-controller > > > Symptoms: > > > - When booting with the above hardware, the memory gets checked > > > by the BIOS correctly and then when the Adaptec is in turn, > > > the bootup-process just stops before the Adaptec gets active > > > to scan the SCSI-devices and the machine hangs. > > > - the happens with a different floppy-controller. > > > - when taking any floppy-controller out of the machine, the > > > BIOS-bootup gets to the Adaptec, the Adaptec installs his BIOS > > > without problems and the machine runs fine. > > > Question: > > > - Anyone else had similar problems and knows a solution or a > > > workaround ? > > > > Disable the floppy controller on the I/O card and use the one built into > > the motherboard, or vice versa. Both are enabled and they are > > conflicting. 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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