The adaptec scsi cards have bios on board which can be entered
	via pressing CtrlA during boot. I dont know if the NCR cards
	have anything similar.

	It might be worth checking you have the latest bios/firmware
	for your card. Also have you checked your SCSI bus is correctly
	terminated at each end and you do nto have any 'dubious' cables.

	If you can reply to the list indicating what devices you
	have attached and what version of NetBSD you are running
	someone with a similar setup may be able to help.

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

Thought for : Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has
  the day   : been bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.

On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Rahim Azizarab wrote:

> 
> Would you explain how you went into the scsi bios?  Did you have to write
> some kind of program for it?  I have a NCR53c810 with Nextor bios
> NXT-93BIOS ver1.26M  which has been a pretty much useless controller.
> Both NetBSD and Linux will endup getting kernel panics.  I would Like to
> know how one could change the scsi bios settings.
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> 
> On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Plummer, Adam wrote:
> 
> > Thanks to the people who responded.  The advice proved to be helpful, as
> > I simply went into the BIOS settings for the  SCSI devices, and disabled
> > the "Ultra Wide" transfer for that particular SCSI device ID.
> > 
> > Thanks for the help.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > /abp
> > 
> > --
> > Adam B. Plummer
> > Metamor Technologies, Ltd..
> > One North Franklin St. (Suite 1500)
> > Chicago, IL  60606
> > WWW:	http://www.metamor.com/
> > E-Mail:	adam.plummer@metamor.com
> > Phone:	(312) 251-2455
> > Fax:	(312) 251-2999
> > Pager:	(312) 910-0395 or adam.plummer@pager.metamor.com
> > 
> > 
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From:	David Brownlee [SMTP:david@mono.org]
> > >Sent:	Wednesday, February 05, 1997 12:51 PM
> > >To:	Plummer, Adam
> > >Cc:	'netbsd-help@netbsd.org'
> > >Subject:	Re: Drive Troubles
> > >
> > >	What happens if you boot from floppy without the HD connected?
> > >	Can you disable wide / ultra in the Adaptec bios?
> > >
> > >		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}
> > >
> > >Thought for the day: Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has been
> > >		   : bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.
> > >
> > >On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Plummer, Adam wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm having some troubles with NetBSD 1.2 and my Pentium Pro.
> > >> 
> > >> I have a SCSI Hard drive and SCSI DAT Drive installed in this system,
> > >> both of which are Seagate.  For some reason, when I boot up with the DAT
> > >> drive powered on, NetBSD looks to the DAT drive SCSI ID as if it is the
> > >> hard drive??
> > >> 
> > >> My Adaptec-2940 Controller is at SCSI ID 7.  The HD is at 0 and the DAT
> > >> drive is at 1.  When the machine boots, I get the following messaes:
> > >> 
> > >> sd0 at scsibus0 tart 0 lin 0: <SEAGATE, ST32550n, 0019> SCSI2 0/direct
> > >> fixed
> > >> sd0: 2047MB, 3511 cyl, 11 head, 108 sec, 512 bytes/sex
> > >> ahc1:A:1: refuses WIDE negotiation  Using 8bit transfer
> > >> ahc1: board is not responding
> > >> cmd fail
> > >> probe(ahc1:1:0): time out in datain phase, SCSISIGI == 0x44
> > >> probe(ahc1:1:0): asserted ATN -device reset in message buffer
> > >> ahc1: board is not responding
> > >> cmd fail
> > >> ad1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <, , > SCSI0 0/direct fixed
> > >> sd1: ahc1: board is not responding
> > >> ahc1: board is not responding
> > >> cmd fail
> > >> ahc1: board is not responding
> > >> cmd fail
> > >> kernel: integer divide fault trap, code=0
> > >> Stopped at      _sdattach+0xd9: divl    %esi,%eax
> > >> db>
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Now, clearly, if I boot up without the DAT drive powered on, the boot-up
> > >> process is fine.  Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do?  Thanks.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> /abp
> > >> 
> > >> --
> > >> Adam B. Plummer
> > >> Metamor Technologies, Ltd.
> > >> One North Franklin St. (Suite 1500)
> > >> Chicago, IL  60606
> > >> WWW:	http://www.metamor.com/
> > >> E-Mail:	adam.plummer@metamor.com
> > >> Phone:	(312) 251-2455
> > >> Fax:	(312) 251-2999
> > >> Pager:	(312) 910-0395 or adam.plummer@pager.metamor.com
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >
> > 
>