>From my original post:
>> I'm trying to install NetBSD and haven't gotten past the Mkfs step. I set
>> up partitions on my Apple (Quantum) 80MB drive (24MB for swap and the other
>> 55+MB for root/usr) using Apple HD SC Setup. When I run the Mkfs utility,
>> it gives an error: "Error on SCSIRead(), #5". Mkfs seems to go on with the
>> rest of it's stuff fine but when I run the Install Utility, it gives the
>> same error and dies. What does the error mean and what do I do about it?

Jell-O wrote:
>This is probably just due to the fact that the installer (and also mkfs
>I think) sometimes have a difficult time "talking" to whatever is on
>SCSI ID 5.  For instance, on my ID 5 I've got a Zip drive.  Because the
>drive uses variable geometry for the disk parameter, I'm pretty sure
>that's part of the reason that it will give the error.  What kind of
>device do you have on SCSI ID 5?  Is it a non-standard type of drive?

Actually at the moment I have *nothing* hooked up with id 5. I've got a 1GB
drive on 0, the Apple (Quantum) 80MB drive on 1 and a 2xCD-ROM drive on 2.
There's nothing else on the SCSI chain at all. I've never had termination
problems before and don't get errors with my MacOS stuff at all. I've got
FWB drivers for CD-ROM and 1GB drive and had to go back to the Apple driver
for the Apple drive because FWB's HDT "Personal" won't make A/UX
partitions. It is the most recent version of HD SC Setup though.

More ideas?


-Jake

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