If you're running a GENERIC kernel, try the GENERICSBC kernel; if you're
already on GENERICSBC, change to GENERIC.  Those messages, plus the
strange `ls -l' output, are symptoms of a disk drive that doesn't like
your current SCSI driver.

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Neumann, Matthew C wrote:

> Hi all; sorry if these is a FAQ, but I couldn't find any relevant info in
> the archives or docs.
> 
> I just installed NetBSD 1.3.3 on an LCII. The installation went incredibly
> smoothly; I've only got an 80 MB HD, so I've got 10 MB of MacOS, 10 MB of
> swap (10 MB of RAM, too), and 60 MB netBSD partition (setup as /usr and
> /root on same partition).
> 
> Once I've booted, I get error messages like this repeatedly:
> scsi_show: scsi_main not running
> REQ-ISSUED- 0 0x6eb8000[8192] cmd[0]=a
> REQ-CONNECTED - 0 0x6eb8000[8192] cmd[0]=a S=0 M=ff R=0 resid=8192 dr_flag=1
> Bus signals (7c/00): I/OlC/DlMSG/REQlBSY
> Dma status(30):IRQIEPAR
> phase =0, busy: 1, spl: 2204
> 	0	scsi_main4
> 	1	scsi_main5
> then it prints out another 20 or so lines, ending with:
> 	21	end drq
> 	22	irq
> 	23	pdma_ready0
> 	24	pdma_ready1
> unexpected phase change
> 
> 
> These will scroll five or ten times, although sometimes they'll only go once
> or twice.
> I could send a halt command the first time I booted.
> The second time I booted in, in addition to the phase change messages, I got
> a message to run fsck_ffs on /dev/rsd0a (that's my netBSD partition); I ran
> it like the install docs suggested, saying "y" to everything.  When that was
> done, I could no longer halt (it caused a core dump).
> 
> Finally, I tried to shutdown, but I got "permission denied".  Why does
> /sbin/shutdown show up as b--S--S---- on an ls -l?
> 
> Whew.  Anybody seen problems like this before?  Should I try to install
> again?
> 
> -Matt Neumann
> 

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