Subject: Problem installing NetBSD 1.5 on a new Dell 1550
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/09/2001 17:55:31
Greetings again. So, I got my spiffy new Dell 1U system, but failed 
at getting NetBSD 1.5 to install. All the initial bootup info looks 
fine. It has an internal Adaptec AIC-7899 with a Seagate 36 Gig SCSI 
drive.

I boot off the CD-ROM. I try to install, and the installer says that 
it cannot find any drive to install onto. So I exit the installer and 
run dmesg. Unfortunately, it says:

ahc1 at pci 3 dev 5 function 0: unable to map registers
ahc2 at pci 3 dev 5 function 1: unable to map registers

The Adaptec firmware says that the controller is at SCSI ID 7, the 
hard drive is at ID 0, the controller is using IRQ 5 and I/O DC00h.

How do I get this to install? I'm *hoping* I can just change one of 
those SCSI settings, and don't need to use a different kernel (I 
really like installing off of release CD-ROMs....). Any suggestions 
are appreciated.

--Paul Hoffman