On Jun 17,  5:34pm, Graham Allan wrote:
> Subject: First-time boot problem...
> 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?

Okay, two things to make sure of. One is that there is at least one thing
connected to the bus. It hangs if there isn't. The other thing to check is
whether you've changed any of the CMOS settings under RiscOS. RiscBSD doesn't
pick up configuration changes and uses the default configuration (SCSI id 7,
default termination settings). This is currently hard coded so your SCSI bus
needs to be set up so that it can work in this arrangement. If the problem
persists I will compile you up a kernel with no SCSI devices configured.

Cheers

Rob

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