Subject: Re: Troubles installing NetBSD onto Decstation 5000/125
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/27/1998 22:51:37
On Oct 28,  4:43pm, Simon Burge wrote:
> Dang - found the problem.  Inside sysinst's "get_disks" subroutine,
> there's the following code:
...
> Anyone see a good reason not to change this to "less than 8"?
> (Remember, 2100's and 3100's use 6 as the host adapter ID, and
> 7 is free for disks).

  Here's a reason:  what if you are trying to install on a disk
connected to a second (or third) controller?  Then you want to be
able to find rz8-rzrz14 (or rz16-rz22).

Michael

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