On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Bruce Lane wrote:

> On Thursday 19 July 2001 20:24, you wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to install NetBSD on a Sparc Classic.
> > The problem is that the scsi disk isn't being detected
> > with "probe-scsi". I've tried swapping the disks but
> > no luck. Any suggestions?
>
> 	'probe-scsi' will only work with hard drives that have Sun-specific
> firmware. When I've tried it with other drives, the result is usually a
> bizarre error message of some sort. However, the disk itself is actually
> perfectly usable.
>

I have a Sparc Classic with a standard IBM disk in it, and probe-scsi
detects it just fine.

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