Subject: Re: Installation problems
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Dirk Bollema <dbollema@worldaccess.nl>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/24/1997 23:39:03
In message <E0wKJyg-0004ya-00@skutter.cc.ic.ac.uk> you recently said:

> Dirk Bollema writes:
>  > Maybe this is already discussed before, but I am just new to this maillist.
>  > The problem is the installation of RiscBSD sa110-4958.
>  > During checking the hardware I get after the sd0 check the check for CDRom
>  > drives but the installation procedure gives an error message namely:
>  > sfasinstr: Unexpected disconnection
>  > sfasinstr: u5 s2 p0 f201 c12
>  > This happens 3 times and after this another error message namely:
>  > sfasinstr: Unexpected disconnection
>  > sfasinstr: u6 s2 p0 f201 c12
>  > also 3 times.
> 
> What happens then ? Do you get any cd0 at scsibus? ... type messages ?

None no cd0 or whatever only the above messages. After this mounting the cd0
is also not possible.

> The sfas based csc driver is no longer being worked on. A new improved
> (a little ;-) ) driver is almost ready, this is based on chip driving
> code in the machine independent section of the source tree.
> 
>  > The first is I think for the SCSI CDRom drive connected as logical ID 5 and
>  > the second for the SCSI CDRom drive connected with logical ID 6.
>  > I started up the normal procedure as written in the installation and FAQ
>  > guide. The files are on PDCD4 in cdfs::0.
>  > 
>  > My hardware is:
>  > RiscPC600 with OS 3.70 rompatch 3.70/2 and a StrongARM (with original Conner
>  > 406 mB HD), 24 mb DRAM and 2 mB VRAM, HCCS 16 bit soundcard, Cumana SCSI 2
>  > (Host ID 7), Syquest removable HD 270 mB (ID 0), Toshiba SCSI CDRom XM 3601
>  > (ID 5), Toshiba SCSI CDRom XM 5201 (ID 6), PCCard.
>  > 
>  > How can I solve this problem?
> 
> How is the bus laid out... ? everything internal ? Have you tried a
> newer kernel ?
> 
All items are original RiscPC (early 1995), evrything is internal and I tried
the SA110-4713, sa110-4956 and sa110-4958 all kernels with the same problems.



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