Re: SCSI disk not being recognized

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From
Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Date
15 Dec 1995 21:29:37
Subject
Re: SCSI disk not being recognized
Message-ID
199512170531.QAA02480@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au


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Stephen Couchman stands accused of saying:
>
> I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.0.5 from a Walnut Cove CD. When I try to
> partition my hard disk, I am told that the system cannot find it.

Erosion is a wonderful thing, is it not?

> I am using an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller with a Fujitsu SCSI disk drive
> attached. This drive is found without a problem by MS-DOS, but not by BSD.

You are using an Adaptec 2940 "Ultra" which has a different PCI signature to
the original 2940, and which is _not_ supported by FreeBSD 2.0.5. You will
need to use WC's NQA exchange policy to get a copy of 2.1.

> Stephen Couchman | scouch@io.org

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