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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!newstf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: gljii@aol.com (GLJII) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0 problem: uha0:1:1 (sd1) timed out AGAIN; cdrom hung hard Date: 5 Jan 1995 01:06:47 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 31 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3eg29n$ee1@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3eeo07$l3g@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Reply-To: gljii@aol.com (GLJII) I am also having problems installing FreeBSD 2.0, but my problems are of a different nature. I also have an Ultrastor controller, but mine is a 24F on an EISA/VLB Motherboard. My problem is this: the installation won't recognize by hard disks (and my controller, for that matter). This setup works fine with DOS and two versions of OS/2 (2.1 for windows and 3.0). I have checked the termination on both ends, I have tried several different boot floppies, I have verified with the EISA configuration utility that my board is configured correctly, and I still can't get it to work. I wrote to bugs@freebsd.org, and one of them sent me a new boot disk that put out information about the card. It got the right manufacturer and model number (USC024). (I haven't gotten anything back from them in a week, after mailing them the output of the modified kernel). Interestingly, when it says that it cant find my controller (uha0), it says that it can't find it at 0x330. EISA uses a 4 digit port address, though (or something like that). It states in the release notes that FreeBSD works with the Ultrastor 14F, 24F, and 34F, but in the FAQ it says only the 14F and 34F are supported. Is it impossible (or close to it) for the 24F to work with FreeBSD, or am I just doing something wrong? I really don't want to install Linux. System: Gateway 2000 486dx266 16mb Micronics EISA/VLB motherboard Ultrastor 24F SCSI II controller Seagate 31200N (drive 0) and 3600N (drive 1) Hard drives Texel DM5024 CD-ROM Drive Diamond Viper (2mb) video card sb16asp sound card Gary Jackson gjackson@capaccess.org