Hi,

Thank you for all the people who response to my problem. I am really
impressed by the prompt responses of this user group. I have followed
one of the suggestions by using a PCI SCSI controller and installation
is done successfully.


> 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.


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