Subject: Re: SCSI Adaptec aha2940UW and Seagate st19171w causes freeze
To: David McConnell <davem@eastcoast.co.za>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 09/16/1999 04:01:26
> The drive has been partitioned and has file system on it. This was all
> set up using Netbsd 1.4. on an intel 586 box. There everything seems to
> work fine. sd0 partitions can be mounted, files copied etc...no problem.

Did you make sure to eliminate the DOS MBR sectors at the front of the disk?

Maybe you need to put the disk back on i386 and run something like

	dd if=/dev/rsd0c of=/dev/rsd0d skip=1 count=1

Although the fact that even disklabel causes it to lock hard is disturbing.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com