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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu!visnurpk From: rpk@niagara.edu (Richard P. Kernin) Subject: Buslogic 747S pt. II Message-ID: <CyAuLD.GC1@acsu.buffalo.edu> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.50AXP Keywords: SCSI Sender: visnurpk@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Richard P. Kernin) Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu Organization: University at Buffalo Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 21:36:00 GMT Lines: 64 Hello again, Well, now I'm really baffled. From the suggestions of many kind people who read this news group I disabled all cache on my 486/33 EISA machine, and I configured the Buslogic 747S to the following settings: Port: 330h Int 11 Edge 0dc000h No DMA Burst Enabled ID=7 Parity Enabled < 1GB Disk Sync. Neg. Disabled Max. Sync. Data Rate Allowed 10MB/SEC. Floppy - Primary floppy I booted from the NetBSD-1.0BETA diskettes, like last time, and it seemed to go pretty good. Then after having done a disklabel it begin populating the filesystem with files, and while doing this the screen went blank, and the machine rebooted... :-( Here are some machine specs. This is my first real stab at EISA, and honestly I kinda feel sick... ;-) My ISA *BSD machines have run over 2 years w/o problem... plus the "CF" utility on a 3 1/2" floppy takes forever whenever you have to change something. Swan 486/33E (Anigma EISA 486 System) Weitek Co-Processor Not Installed ISA VGA/EGA Video Adapter Not Installed System BIOS Non-Cacheable (default) Base Memory Not Cacheable Extended Memory 19MB Extended, Non-Cacheable Bus Master Time Out NMI Disabled (default) Fail Safe Timer NMI Disabled (default) Software I/O Port NMI Disabled (default) Award Modular BIOS v4.28 ROM, 80486DX, 1984-1992 Award Software Inc. Buslogic ROM v3.37. The hard drive is a Seagate ST12550N 2GB Barracuda drive, with a 2GB root partition, and a 100MB swap partition (made it basic to start until I could get the system up and running). There is a mono-Hercules video card, with a LPT2: port that shows up, and a SMC/Western Digital EtherCard PLUS Elite 16 NIC configured as follows: 280h-29fh Port 2/9 IRQ D0000h-d3fffh ROM disabled RJ-45/10BaseT Ethernet When the kernel boots it states "aui" for the NIC, could this be a problem since there is only an AUI and 10BaseT connector, while the docs. tend to suggest looking for a thinnet port? Yes, I know, grasping at straws... ;-) Any/all suggestions appreciated! Take care, -Rich --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard P. Kernin Niagara University - Administrative Computer Center Internet: rpk@niagara.edu or visnurpk@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu