CaptnZilog@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to get NetBSD 1.3.2 to boot up off of my CD, on a P200 system with
> an Adaptec 1542CP SCSI controller, 1.7Gb SCSI drive (micropolis 2217) and a
> SCSI CD-ROM...   I can format the drive, and verify it, using the adaptec BIOS
> utility (Ctrl-A on bootup), and it all works fine if I format it in DOS, so I
> know that the hardware works...
> 
> I created the boot floppy, it boots up, finds "aha0" at the correct addresses,
> finds "scsibus0 at aha0", and finds "cd0 at scsibus0" (ID=6) and "sd0 at
> scsibus0" (ID=0), listing the correct drive ID's as it finds them...
> 
> then, it comes up with the install script...  when I try to partition the
> drive I get "sd0:  Timeout"...  followed (after a minute) w/ "sd0: Timeout
> AGAIN"... then it hangs...
> 

It is a software problem - the Generic kernel has both a specific
recognition of
aha0, but it also has isapnp turned on - the 1542CP responds to the
isapnp probe
after having been setup via the specific aha0 and gets confused. The
same thing
happens when I try to boot the install floppy, but fortunately I had a
preexisting
install to work from.

I can make available a kernel that has isapnp turned off but aha0 on.
then I guess you'd have to copy it to a boot floopy, would that work for
you?
(let me know what other drivers do you need for a working environment).

	Thanks.

	- Scott (srp@zgi.com)