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From: grantham@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Brad 'Immediate Sensory Gratification' Grantham)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: 386BSD scsi problem
Message-ID: <C3Byut.Dn9@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
Date: 3 Mar 93 20:42:29 GMT
References: <1993Feb16.220610.274@jcn.w.open.de> <C2yo1r.2pn@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <1993Feb24.203614.22362@coe.montana.edu>
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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In article <1993Feb24.203614.22362@coe.montana.edu> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
>In article <C2yo1r.2pn@flatlin.ka.sub.org> bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org (Christoph Badura) writes:
>>In <1993Feb16.220610.274@jcn.w.open.de> azell@jcn.w.open.de (Andreas Zell) writes:
>>>as0b: controller error 0x16 reading fsbn0
>>>scsi sense: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>>The stock 386BSD 0.1 SCSI driver doesn't work with the 1542A. You need
>>a 1542B.
>Or get a patched kernel and bootblocks that support the 1542A, which 
>patch00601 does.  The kernel in the patchkit bootables has the kernel fixes,
>but the bootblocks did not get updated, unfortunately.

I'd like to run 386BSD on a 486/66 EISA with DTC 3290 EISA SCSI Caching
Controller, which has a 1542A compatibility mode.  Until I get the data-
books on the 3290 and write myself a driver, I need to boot in compat
mode.  When booting the agate:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/bootable/dist.fs,
I get the same error as above.  So, where do I go to get the patchkit
bootables with updated bootblocks?

I downloaded the patched dist.fs from agate:/.../unofficial/, but it only
gets as far as the copyright.  Can anyone point me to a solution?  I
suspect that I can boot from the old disk, mount the patched dist.fs, and
copy its kernel over the old one, but I can't do it until I get my
second floppy.

		-Brad 'Desperately seeking SCSI' Grantham
-- 
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Brad Grantham ------ grantham@csugrad.cs.vt.edu ----- Va Tech ACM Grand Duke.
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