I get the same result with either the non-A/V or the A/V version of v4.1.

Are you able to boot from your 2940?

If so, what does your printenv look like, and how do you specify the
boot-device and boot-file?  Is there a trick?

How do I boot my boot-loader and kernel from the scsi bus and then mount
the 2940 scsi drive partitions on / , /usr, and so forth, and run netbsd?

I suppose I could set up a root device on an external scsi  Jaz drive
and just use the 2940 device as /usr, /var, /home, /work, and so forth,
but that is kind of crude.  Plus, I lose access to the Jaz.

Jim


Michael Wolfson wrote:
> 
> At 8:58 AM -0500 4/23/01, Donald Lee wrote:
> 
> :)At 8:20 PM -0500 4/22/01, jimtnelson@earthlink.net wrote:
> :)>Further, to my previous questions concerning booting NetBSD/macppc from
> :)>an Adaptec 2940UW controll:
> :)>
> :)>Why can I not load the boot loader from the installation disk and boot
> :)>to  the hard disk on a 2940UW controller?  The approach would be:
> :)
> :)the 2940UW has an "older" and a "newer" firmware.  The older firmware
> :)AFAIK is v3.0, and does not contain OF.  It relies on the Apple
> :)ROM to do its thing.  The newer version (4.x) is available on
> :)Adaptec's web site and has OF.  It is a little dated now, though, so
> :)it may not work well on newest machines to boot from the card.
> 
> Actually, he didn't say what model he was trying to use.  Adaptec has two
> versions of the 4.x firmware.  One for "A/V" macs (7300 - 9600), and one
> for everything else.  The "A/V" version does not have the "open" command,
> which is necessary for NetBSD to boot.
> 
> I know this, since I've got a 2940UW in my 7300.  In this case, drives
> attached to the adaptec card will not be usable until *after* the kernel
> has booted and recognized the adaptec card.
> 
> Jim, you'll need to boot your bootloader *and* kernel off of the internal
> SCSI busses, then have your root partition and usr on your adaptec SCSI bus.
> 
> Good luck,
>   -- MW