Subject: Re: NetBSD hangs
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: John Klos <john@klos.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/05/2000 11:11:48
> I have a blue and white G3 with 192MB of ram, 2 ATA hard disks, and a 1 GB
> SCSI hard disk with an Adaptec Power Domain 2930CU adapter. I am installing
> versioin 1.4.2 on the SCSI hard disk. I am using yaboot and Open Firmware.
> Everything goes well until the kernel gets to the point where it says "root
> on md0a dumps on md0b". At this point the system hangs every time and I have
> to do a cold reboot with the reset button on the computer. I know there have
> been problems with the Adaptec 2930, but during the loading, the kernel
> correctly identifies the scsi host and the hard disk attached to it. What
> gives? 

Make certain that your IDE drives are not on the ATA-66 bus. NetBSD cannot
initialise the ATA-66 properly, so, at least in my experience, it won't
even boot with them plugged in.

John Klos