No solution, but I was able to mount and read/write to a Seagate Barrucuda
and a Medalist on a 2940UW without difficulty. I was also able to mount the
disk during installation and install 1.4.2 on the Medalist using the upgrade
from 1.4.1, using the binaries stored on the Barracuda.

Jim Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Northon <jeffo@sasq.net>
To: netbsd-help@netbsd.org <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
Date: Monday, April 17, 2000 12:17 PM
Subject: Adaptec 2940UW and 1.4.2


>Howdy,
>
>I can't seem to get 1.4.2 to install on a Pentium with an Adaptec
>2940UW. I can get it to boot, and sysinst comes up to the install menu,
>but it says that there is no disk to install NetBSD onto. I can pop a
>win9X disk in the same system and fdisk and format the drive just fine.
>
>Drive ID is 0, and probes (and reports) when the Adaptec controller is
>scanning the bus.
>
>Terminator is installed on the ribbon cable at the end of the cable as it
>should be. 1.4.2 probes the Adaptec, reports just fine,  but doesn't see
>the drive that is attached. I am using boot1.fs and boot2.fs.
>
>
>Any hint on what I must be doing wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jeff Northon
>
>