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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!rn.com!not-for-mail From: larry@rn.com (Larry Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: PCI 2940 Config (and NCR) Date: 2 Sep 1995 09:36:22 -0000 Organization: Larry's Internet Server at home Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4298im$h4@trauma.rn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rn.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.periphs.scsi:36972 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5676 I recently installed a 2940 Host Adapter in my machine and am using the default settings including "Extended DOS translation for drives greater than 1 Gig = Enabled". I have a 2 gig SCSI drive with a 400 meg partition (the first partiion) as DOS, a 1400 meg BSD partition (FreeBSD 2.0.5) and the 3rd partition is FreeBSD swap. The motherboard is an Opti Chipset P100 with 32 megs of RAM. The 2940 Bios is 1.11. Shouldn't I be able to install the NCR host adapter by just plugging it in the PCI slot on the MB? The machine won't boot completely and acts like it's having problems with sector translation. How does the NCR handle drives larger than 1 gig? This isn't mentioned anywhere in the documentation. larry