Subject: Re: Drive Troubles
To: Plummer, Adam <plummea@metamor.com>
From: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/05/1997 18:50:54
What happens if you boot from floppy without the HD connected?
Can you disable wide / ultra in the Adaptec bios?
David/abs david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}
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On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Plummer, Adam wrote:
> I'm having some troubles with NetBSD 1.2 and my Pentium Pro.
>
> I have a SCSI Hard drive and SCSI DAT Drive installed in this system,
> both of which are Seagate. For some reason, when I boot up with the DAT
> drive powered on, NetBSD looks to the DAT drive SCSI ID as if it is the
> hard drive??
>
> My Adaptec-2940 Controller is at SCSI ID 7. The HD is at 0 and the DAT
> drive is at 1. When the machine boots, I get the following messaes:
>
> sd0 at scsibus0 tart 0 lin 0: <SEAGATE, ST32550n, 0019> SCSI2 0/direct
> fixed
> sd0: 2047MB, 3511 cyl, 11 head, 108 sec, 512 bytes/sex
> ahc1:A:1: refuses WIDE negotiation Using 8bit transfer
> ahc1: board is not responding
> cmd fail
> probe(ahc1:1:0): time out in datain phase, SCSISIGI == 0x44
> probe(ahc1:1:0): asserted ATN -device reset in message buffer
> ahc1: board is not responding
> cmd fail
> ad1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <, , > SCSI0 0/direct fixed
> sd1: ahc1: board is not responding
> ahc1: board is not responding
> cmd fail
> ahc1: board is not responding
> cmd fail
> kernel: integer divide fault trap, code=0
> Stopped at _sdattach+0xd9: divl %esi,%eax
> db>
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> Now, clearly, if I boot up without the DAT drive powered on, the boot-up
> process is fine. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? Thanks.
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> /abp
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