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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!tfs.com!julian From: julian@TFS.COM (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542C problems Message-ID: <CG0ADq.BJ8@tfs.com> Sender: usenet@tfs.com Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA References: <2b1blm$6dq@news.ysu.edu> <4176@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 06:37:02 GMT Lines: 53 In article <4176@bigfoot.first.gmd.de>, Andreas Schulz <ats@g386bsd.first.gmd.de> wrote: >In article <2b1blm$6dq@news.ysu.edu>, >Christopher L. Mikkelson <ap713@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote: >> >> I have been having some major troubles with my 386bsd box. I was trying to >>add an external SCSI HD with an adaptec 1542B, but since I had an external >>CD-ROM, that didn't work at all. This last sentance doesn't make sense.. 1542B works WELL with external CDROM AND HD.. (That's how I wrote and tested it..) why go to a 1542C? Hey you're not using the 'as' drivers are you? (I mean you're usingthe 'as' bootblocks? [...] >This "b" or "e" are error messages from the boot blocks. >A "b" is very early in the boot stage, the booter had successfully >resetted the adaptec, but failed to set up the so called >"mailbox-interface" next. The C has several differences.. make SURE you have ALL the externded features turned OFF. >An "e" happens very late in the first boot block, it had really >finished the first part of the part and tries to jump >to the second level booter and didn't succeed. > >I don't think, you have any chance to boot an 1542C with 386bsd 0.1 >and the old bootblocks, you are using. not known >I don't know where the new bootblocks hs come with, it can be pk 0.2.3, >but i fear it was pk 0.2.4. My memory is fading on these old things :-). 2.3, but any way, get a NETBSD or FREEBSD bootdisk.. it will install new bootblocks for you if asked.. in general I DO urge people to use FreeBSD or NetBSD in prefernce to 386bsd0.1+pk, mainly because if something like this happens, then those of us who wrote the stuff can help you.. I will be puting both NetBSD and FreeBSD (both with NEW NEW scsi code) of for SUP collection (and an ftp of the sup program) on ref.tfs.com in the next week. (I just put the new SCSI code into FreeBSD and will be doing the same for NetBSD over the next week.) > > julian