Subject: 1.3 install comments
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Scott Presnell <srp@zgi.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/26/1998 10:16:38
Hi Folks,
	I had a couple of comments about the 1.3 install.  This was an
upgrade of a NetBSD 1.2 system.

The install kernel recognized my SCSI card twice, once as a specific
configuration line...

Jan 24 15:12:14 srphome /netbsd: aha1 at isa0 port 0x334-0x337 irq 10 drq 6
Jan 24 15:12:14 srphome /netbsd: aha1: model AHA-1542CP, firmware F.0
Jan 24 15:12:14 srphome /netbsd: aha1: unlocking mailbox interface
Jan 24 15:12:14 srphome /netbsd: aha1: async, parity
Jan 24 15:12:14 srphome /netbsd: scsibus0 at aha1: 8 targets

and once as an isapnp...

Jan 24 15:12:15 srphome /netbsd: isapnp0: <Adaptec AHA-1542CP, ADP1542,
	PNP00A0, SCSI Host Adapt> 
	port 0x234/4 mem 0xc8000/16384 irq 11 drq 7 not configured
Jan 24 15:12:15 srphome /netbsd: aha1: aha_cmd, cmd/data port full

When it came time to look for file systems, the kernel seemed to hang with
a scsi timeout on a unit off of aha1.  As the only thing I had on the chain
was a jaz drive, and I didn't need it, I simply turned it off and reset.
But someone might expect to be able to use a drive off a scsi chain.

After I removed the isapnp config line, scsi access seemed fine.
(so I assume this was some kind of configuration collision even though it
says "not configured" for the isapnp line - or am I mixing apples and
oranges?).

This isapnp and specific config line collision happened on some other
devices as well... (none critical).

1) Why have both the isapnp config and the specific configuration lines?
What would one do if this were a system critical device?
(The BIOS of the scsi card indicated all PnP options disabled).

 
===

Much more minor points:

I run a dual boot system (Win95/NetBSD), so my board clock is set to local
time, and I use  

	RTC_OFFSET

to arrange for NetBSD to display the "correct" time.

My installation sets were installed in GMT.  

2) I could have set the clock, but I was caught unaware.  Is there a way I
could have made the NetBSD install kernel understand that the board clock
was in local time so that the sets would have been installed in the correct
timezone? 

3) When I asked for the sets to be installed from a local directory, a
subset of the sets in that directory were installed (not the 'X' or source
sets), I had walked away from the machine for coffee expecting all sets to
be installed.  I would be nice if that install option finished off with a
summary of the sets installed or some such confirmation of what was
installed.  Maybe I missed it because I asked for filenames to be listed?

	Thanks.

	- Scott (srp@zgi.com)