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From: dim@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (D. Gerasimatos)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: NCR SCSI and NetBSD 1.0
Date: 16 Sep 1994 22:59:00 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley
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	I using the ASUS SP3-G board (AMD 486/66) and I am trying to
	use the onboard SCSI host (NCR 53c810) to control a Quantum
	Empire 1080S. I realize that boot floppies for NetBSD 1.0
	are not yet publically available, but a friend who is running
	1.0 made me some. After I use the KC-AHA disk to boot, I then
	use the install disk. My problem, as it seems to me, is that
	my hard disk is not being recognized. It finds my other devices,
	and then I get:

	ncr0 at pci0 bus 0 device 1
	ncr0: restart (scsi reset)
	ncr0 scanning for targets 0...6 ($Revision: 1.1 $0$)
	scsibus4 ar ncr0
	pci0 bus0 device 2: identifier 04848086 not configured
	pci0 bus0 device 5: identifier 00a81013 not configured


	Later, in reference to my floppy, I get:

	fd0: read failed st0 40<abnrml> st1 1<no_am> st2 <no_dam>
	     cyl 41 head 0 sec 13 blkno 1488 skip 0 cylin 41 status 40
	fd0: seek failed st0 80 <invld> cyl 1

	Finally, after I tell it to use sh, it spits out:

	newfs: /dev/rsd0a: device not configured

	All of this, in conjuction with the fact that the drive geometry
	is not printed (and that I am having problems installing the
	kernel), makes me think my drive is not being recognized. The NCR
	driver should be a part of 1.0, right? All my obvious BIOS settings
	seem fine, and I have my cache set to write-through (I heard of
	a bug if it is set to write-back). What could be going on here?

	Any help or advice is appreciated!


	Dimitrios