Subject: Re: Adaptec 7902 U320 and/or Intel 82541 Ethernet help
To: Michael Hanulec <hanulec@hanulec.com>
From: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/06/2003 23:06:29
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 12:05:49AM -0400, Michael Hanulec wrote:
> the second system is scsi based (X5DP8-G2) which includes not only a pair
> of the Intel 82541 nics and an Adaptec 7902 scsi controller.  currently
> netbsd-current (from 9/27 or 1.6ZC) won't allow me to even attempt to
> install on this server.  upon the running of the second boot disk the
> system begins to come up but dies when waiting two seconds for the scsi
> bus to reset.  the 1.6.1 release cannot see any of the disks in the system
> (as others have reported recently).

There are apparently some problems with 7902s on PCI-X. One problem has
been fixed, but another hasn't. Unfortunately I can't reproduce this
with my 7902 card (a 39320), since I do not have any PCI-X machines.

Does it hang without any messages, or do you get information on the
console?

- Frank

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Frank van der Linden                                            fvdl@netbsd.org
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