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- From: ed@maxed (Ed Whittemore)
- Subject: Re: Help Adaptec 1742 setup and ISC V3
- Message-ID: <Bu9E6B.H2z@maxed.amg.com>
- Sender: ed@maxed.amg.com (Ed Whittemore)
- Organization: American Micro Group, Inc., Ft. Lee NJ
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- References: <1992Sep5.162154.4302@abbott.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:18:09 GMT
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- Patrick Conroy (pat@abtlabs.uucp) wrote:
- : Can someone please help me with setting up my Adaptec 1740/42a SCSI
- : card in my system please?
- :
- : It's a Gateway 486/33 EISA, and I'm trying to run Interactive V3.0 Unix.
- : This is what I've done so far:
- : - run EISA config, kick card into Standard mode
- : (Int 11, IO 330, DMA 5)
- : - Install ISC V3
- : - run "kconfig", "HPDD" and set boot controller to AHA1740
- : and pick interrupt 11
- : - save changes, build a kernel and install it
- : - reboot, rerun EISA config and kick card into "Enhanced" mode
- : - reboot and try to run ISC
- :
- : At this point I get the error: HPDD AHA1740 NOTICE
- : Kernel is interrupt 11
- : EISA NV RAM is interrupt 6
- :
- : And the system hangs...
- :
- : Did I run EISA config incorrectly? I didn't pick Interrupt 6, and besides
- : I thought INT 6 was the floppy! This controller has the floppies enabled
- : and is controlling A: and B:.
- :
- : Should I have picked a different interrupt when configuring HPDD?
- : (I haven't installed the V3.01 "fix" disk yet -- does that matter?)
- : ( And I have a 100MB DOS 5 partition too -- does that matter?)
- :
- : I am up and running now, but the card is in Standard Mode and HPDD
- : is configured to use the AHA1540 driver.
- :
- : But can you help me get to "enhanced" mode?
- :
- : I'd be much obliged!
- : Patrick Conroy
- : (214) 518-6738 pat@turing.abbott.com
- : (817) 354-8456 pat@doc.abbott.com
- : FAX (214) 518-7469
- This is the IRQ confusion bug for the 1742A--the driver needs to be
- up-dated, or you can get 3.01. Call SunSoft and ask for the the fix
- disk or buy the up-date. 800-346-7111.
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- American Micro Group, Inc. 201-944-3293
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