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From: jm040795@fhda.edu (Raven)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install with adaptech PCI SCSI controler
Date: 30 Apr 1996 23:05:20 GMT
Organization: TheSharewareCollector
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In article <zkessin.830891615@laraby.tiac.net>, zkessin@laraby.tiac.net
(Zach Kessin) wrote:

> I am trying to install Free Bsd 2.1.0 on a P5/100 and am having a 
> problem. The computer has a Adaptech 2490 PCI scsi controler and every
time we try to boot
> we get this Error 
> uha0: uha bad  mscp returned 
> if we play with the config we can get it to boot but not see the harddrive. 
> I was trying to install from the cd-rom but could also nfs mount the stuff
> from a linux box.
> 

If anyone has info on this let me know.  I have an Adaptec 2940 with
2x2gig drives.  I wish to boot off of the second drive.  Is this possible?

Anyways, I have yet to install FreeBSD.  Does it work with Adaptec 2940? 
Linux seems to be able to boot, but then that's another story.