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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.umi.com!jbrown!jbrown From: jbrown@umi.com (Jim Brown) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Getting FreeBSD or NetBSD to let Adaptec 1542 and IDE's coexist Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 09:05:25 Organization: University Microfilms Inc. Lines: 64 Message-ID: <jbrown.72.0009175E@umi.com> References: <34i8b5$3nt@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: someone.umi.com Keywords: SCSI, IDE, FreeBSD, NetBSD X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <34i8b5$3nt@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> c-huegen@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Craig A. Huegen) writes: >From: c-huegen@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Craig A. Huegen) >Subject: Getting FreeBSD or NetBSD to let Adaptec 1542 and IDE's coexist >Date: 6 Sep 1994 17:19:33 GMT >Keywords: SCSI, IDE, FreeBSD, NetBSD >Well, I tried and tried. So did I... :-) Fortunately I got it working. See below. >Both NetBSD and FreeBSD report the following error on boot: >aha0: Cmd/data port full Have not seen this. >And then it doesn't detect the Micropolis 1.7G drive. This was after I >recompiled the kernel, because my Adaptec is at 0x130. Is it a problem >with the base address? or with my IDE? >Also... Does anyone know why FreeBSD and NetBSD fail to recognize the >internal IDE controller on a DELL 486DX2/66 "T" (tower) system? I had to >put a different IDE controller in and disable the internal one for it to >work. Sorry, can't answer that. I have an Austin Tower (486DX/50), AMI BIOS, Caviar 2250 IDE, Adaptec 1542CF, and Toshiba SCSI disk (1.2GB ?- I don't remember) The BIOS is configured to boot from the IDE drive as type 47 (user defined). The IDE drive currently has NetBSD 1.0 BETA on it. The 1542CF switches are 1-4 off (open), 5-8 on. The meaning is as follows: 1(off)=Termination software controlled. 2,3,4(off)=I/O Port x330. 5(on)=disable floppy. I use the Austin floppy controller. 6,7,8(on)=disable Adaptec BIOS. Note that this means the Adaptec 1542CF on-board setup program is also disabled. If I need to change my SCSI termination, I first have to enable the Adapted BIOS (sw 6,7,8), enter 1542CF setup and change termination, then change switches again. I could not configure the system to boot from the SCSI drive having the IDE as a secondary drive. Hope this helps. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =>Craig A. Huegen | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ><c-huegen@uiuc.edu> | Computing and Communications Services Office >----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- >CCSO Site Consultant | The views expressed herein are not necessarily > | those of the University of Illinois nor the > | Computing and Communications Services Office. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= == jbrown@umi.com , in real life Jim Brown | == == 300 N. Zeeb Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (USA) | Sit up straight. == == (313) 761-4700 x3227 | You're slouching... == ================ All opinions and comment expressly my own. ==============