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- From: gson@niksula.hut.fi (Andreas Gustafsson)
- Subject: Re: Tiny 386BSD boot problem w/IDE and Adaptec SCSI
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.190801.4429@cs.hut.fi>
- Sender: usenet@cs.hut.fi (Uutis Ankka)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Aug14.050157.10658@i88.isc.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:08:01 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In <1992Aug14.050157.10658@i88.isc.com> mikebo@i88.isc.com writes:
-
- > Sorry if this is a FAQ. Is there a problem with booting Tiny 386BSD
- > on a machine with IDE primary and Adaptec SCSI secondary disk controllers?
- ...
- > as0 at 0x330 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
- > npx0 at 0xf0 irq 13 on isa
- > Changing root device to fd0a
- >
- > The SCSI bus busy light goes on solid and stays that way - system is
- > hung hard.
-
- Make sure that the Adaptec is indeed jumpered for IRQ 11 and DRQ 5.
- I normally keep my Adaptec jumpered for IRQ 10 for the benefit of a
- different OS, and when I try booting the Tiny 386BSD disk it will hang
- after the "Changing root device to fd0a" message unless I rejumper the
- board to IRQ 11.
-
- This behaviour is of course stupid and unnecessary, because the
- Adaptec has a command for querying its jumper settings. The device
- driver should at the very least notice when the adapter has
- inappropriate jumper settings, give a warning message and then ignore
- the adapter so that the boot sequence can continue, instead of just
- silently hanging.
- --
- Andreas Gustafsson
- Internet: gson@niksula.hut.fi
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