Subject: First-time boot problem...
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Graham Allan <gta@MNHEP1.HEP.UMN.EDU>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/17/1996 17:34:16
I'm sure I must be doing something really obvious wrong here!

I've started a RiscBSD installation, following the recipe given on the web/ftp
site. I've partitioned and initialised (using bb_riscbsd) the IDE disk
(standard 850Mbyte Connor) in my RPC700 for use with RiscBSD, made a boot
floppy, and tried to boot using various kernels. All of them give the same
problem; they hang after detecting *something* to do with the PowerTec SCSI
card. The sequence goes something like this:

.. (skipping detection of CPU, floppy, IDE disk - hope I'm not missing out
crucial information...)

podulebus0 (root)
podule0 at podulebus0: Powertec : SCSI 1 / SCSI 2 host adaptor
podule1 at podulebus0: ANT : ether3 interface
ptsc0 at podulebus0 [podule 0]: dmabuf V0xf279e000 P0x103c1000
scsibus0 at ptsc0


.. and then nothing, just a wait for eternity. Not sure what it's trying to
do, if anything (detect devices on the scsi bus, perhaps?). Could it be
because this is a version 2 PowerTec card, and the kernel doesn't know how
to drive it?

Any help would be much appreciated! Nothing on the SCSI bus is (going to be)
used by RiscBSD, except possibly the CD-ROM drive (Sony CDU8003A, aka
Apple CD300). The machine has 32M memory, though I doubt it's relevant.

Thanks,

Graham