Subject: Re: Powertec card stops boot
To: None <Jan-Uwe.Finck@bigfoot.de>
From: Leo Smiers <L.Smiers@cable.A2000.nl>
List: port-arm32
Date: 12/27/1999 10:38:05
In <URL:news:local.port-arm32> on Mon 27 Dec, Jan-Uwe Finck wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 01:57:07AM +0000, Carl Hetherington wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My apologies if this is a FAQ; I am a brand-new user of NetBSD/arm32 and I
> > haven't found any clues to my problem yet...
>
> No, I don't think it is.
>
> > It all boots up fine and works when my Powertec SCSI-3 card is physically
> > removed from the machine, but when its installed NetBSD fails to boot. The
> > kernel goes through printing its messages about what hardware is installed,
> > prints a line about SCSI and then hangs. There is a single hard disc
> > connected to the SCSI card.
> >
> > I don't need to actually access the SCSI drive under NetBSD, I'd just like to
> > be able to boot it without removing the card. Any suggestions?
>
> I don't think this is your fault.
>
> We seem to have several problems with SCSI.
> The Cumana SCSI II controller makes the machine crash when accessed,
> and the Connect32 didn't work properly as far as I can remember.
>
> Maybe someone with a bigger programming skill than mine can have a
> look at this ?
I do have a patch/solution for the Connect32 card but I do not know how I
get this in the source tree. Anyone?
Leo
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Leo Smiers
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