1.2.1 did not support more than 16MB with bus mastering ISA cards
	(Adaptec 1542CF is one of these cards).

	You should try the 1.3BETA snapshot on ftp.netbsd.org - this
	should be pretty much identical to the forthcoming 1.3 release.

		David/abs

"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear
 to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than
 what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."

On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, pfwong wrote:

> I am new to NetBSD and this user group.   
> I am trying to install NetBSD 1.2.1 into a pentium PC with 32MB RAM and
> a 4GB SCSI hard disk. However I got the following error message when it
> was trying to create the partitions:
> Labeling disk sd0...aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA
> aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA
> sd0: could not mode sense (4/5); using ficitious geometry
> aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA
> sd0(aha0:0:0): could not get size
> sd0: no disk label
> aha0: DMA beyond end of ISA
> 
> Configuration of the PC
> 
> ISA Adaptec 1542CF SCSI controller with switch 1 (termination) and 5
> (disable floppy) to ON and all others are OFF. The I/O port 330 and BIOS
> address DC000. IRQ is 11 and DMA is 5.
> SCSI disk is Quantum Fireball ST 4.3GB 
> 2 PCI 3COM 3C905 (Etherlink XL PCI) with IRQ set to 9 and 10.
> 
> Could anyone tell me how I can get around this problem? Any help is much
> appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
>    
> **********************************************************************
> Pui Wong				E-mail:pfwong@nettestca.gn.com
> 					Tel: 905-479-8090
> GN Nettest (Canada) Inc			Fax: 905-475-6524
> **********************************************************************
>