I have seagate hard drive a cdrom and a tape drive.  I don't think I have
the latest bios. Would I need an EPROM burner to upgrad my bios? You also
may have a point about the termination.  I was using NetBSD 1.1. Basicly
I get unknown interupts and SCSI io errors then the machine hangs up. I
have to turn it off, and I end up messing up the file system and the OS.

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On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, David Brownlee wrote:

> 	The adaptec scsi cards have bios on board which can be entered
> 	via pressing CtrlA during boot. I dont know if the NCR cards
> 	have anything similar.
> 
> 	It might be worth checking you have the latest bios/firmware
> 	for your card. Also have you checked your SCSI bus is correctly
> 	terminated at each end and you do nto have any 'dubious' cables.
> 
> 	If you can reply to the list indicating what devices you
> 	have attached and what version of NetBSD you are running
> 	someone with a similar setup may be able to help.
> 
> 		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}
> 
> Thought for : Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has
>   the day   : been bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.
> 
> On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Rahim Azizarab wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Would you explain how you went into the scsi bios?  Did you have to write
> > some kind of program for it?  I have a NCR53c810 with Nextor bios
> > NXT-93BIOS ver1.26M  which has been a pretty much useless controller.
> > Both NetBSD and Linux will endup getting kernel panics.  I would Like to
> > know how one could change the scsi bios settings.
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> >   // / / :    :--             708-344-6994    
> >  //      //..\\           
> >        =UU====UU=             ray@tezcat.com    
> >                               http://www.tezcat.com/users/ray
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> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Plummer, Adam wrote:
> > 
> > > Thanks to the people who responded.  The advice proved to be helpful, as
> > > I simply went into the BIOS settings for the  SCSI devices, and disabled
> > > the "Ultra Wide" transfer for that particular SCSI device ID.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > /abp
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Adam B. Plummer
> > > Metamor Technologies, Ltd..
> > > One North Franklin St. (Suite 1500)
> > > Chicago, IL  60606
> > > WWW:	http://www.metamor.com/
> > > E-Mail:	adam.plummer@metamor.com
> > > Phone:	(312) 251-2455
> > > Fax:	(312) 251-2999
> > > Pager:	(312) 910-0395 or adam.plummer@pager.metamor.com
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From:	David Brownlee [SMTP:david@mono.org]
> > > >Sent:	Wednesday, February 05, 1997 12:51 PM
> > > >To:	Plummer, Adam
> > > >Cc:	'netbsd-help@netbsd.org'
> > > >Subject:	Re: Drive Troubles
> > > >
> > > >	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}
> > > >
> > > >Thought for the day: Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has been
> > > >		   : bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.
> > > >
> > > >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>
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 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.
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> /abp
> > > >> 
> > > >> --
> > > >> Adam B. Plummer
> > > >> Metamor Technologies, Ltd.
> > > >> One North Franklin St. (Suite 1500)
> > > >> Chicago, IL  60606
> > > >> WWW:	http://www.metamor.com/
> > > >> E-Mail:	adam.plummer@metamor.com
> > > >> Phone:	(312) 251-2455
> > > >> Fax:	(312) 251-2999
> > > >> Pager:	(312) 910-0395 or adam.plummer@pager.metamor.com
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> 
>