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#! rnews 1592 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!se From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Compaq Systems Date: 19 Jul 1995 09:41:09 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3uijvl$drc@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <DBvM9J.2w6@inesc.pt> <PACG.95Jul18115231@ccae-sv.inesc.pt> NNTP-Posting-Host: fileserv1.mi.uni-koeln.de To: pacg@ccae-sv.inesc.pt (Paulo Antonio Costa Goncalves) Bcc: se In article <PACG.95Jul18115231@ccae-sv.inesc.pt>, pacg@ccae-sv.inesc.pt (Paulo Antonio Costa Goncalves) writes: |> Hello! |> The problem we are having is with a Compaq ProSignia 300, which has a |> PCI bus and also an EISA bus. |> When we try to boot the FreeBSD diskette, the GENERAL kernel doesn't |> recognize the SCSI controller on the PCI bus (a NCR 83C510...), which |> is soldered to the motherboard... |> Does anyone have any idea of what's going on in this situation??? The Compaq PCI chip set wasn't dealt with correctly. This has been fixed, and the next SNAP will contain the correct code. If you got access to some other FreeBSD 2.0.5R system, you can build a kernel with the PCI code from -current. Send mail for details. Regards, -- Stefan Esser Internet: <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE> Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 Weyertal 80 50931 Koeln