Subject: Re: SCSI HD problems
To: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.oscs.montana.edu>
From: Guenther Grau <s_grau@ira.uka.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/25/1996 17:20:00
Hi Chris,

> I'm having odd problems with my SCSI setup.  When I boot NetBSD (1.1
> or 1.0), the kernel correctly identifies my controller (AHA-1510A) as
> aic0 and gets appropriate information from my disk -- make, model,
> geometry.  However, once I've gotten to the single-user prompt, I
> can't access the disk at all; when I try a disklabel (or newfs), it
> complains about a timeout, then complains about a timeout AGAIN, then
> gives up.  What's up?

I am seeing _exactly_ the same error messages.

> System (don't laugh; I'm a poor college student):
> 	Magnavox HeadStart (386/DX-33 w' 387, 16-bit ISA)
> 	on-board IDE & floppy, AHA-1510A SCSI controller

I have a stock i486 with the same components, excpt that I have 
an AHA-1515 SCSI-controller.

Anybody who can help us?

  Guenther