Re: No driver support for Adaptec AVA-1505A ??

[Nick Holland <nick@holland-consulting.net>]

Well, doing a little looking on Adaptec's web site confirmed my
suspicion that the AVA-1505A is similar to the AHA1510/1520/(bunch of
other cards), which are supported by the OpenBSD aic driver.

The reason it isn't working for you, however, is probably because the
aic driver is not a PNP driver.  You need to disable this and "hard
set" the card to a valid OpenBSD setting (340/11), which is
(apparently) done using the appropriate Adaptec utility.  

Find the Adaptec Knowledgebase article:
990730-0004  "AVA-1505a, Plug and Play, with Windows NT 4.x"
which details setting the card up for a totally non-PNP OS (and
includes a link to the configuration program).  I would rather guess
the card will then take off and run under OpenBSD.

Nick.

"T@W" wrote:
> 
> Hi people,
> Before I spend another unsuccesful day trying to install OpenBSD from CDROM
> I turn to you people with the following :
>  Due to the fact that none of the floppy installs seem to find a driver for
> the Adaptec AVA-1505A (sparrow family/ISAPnP) SCSI Host Adapter, while  no
> problems under NetBSD recognized as "aci", I was wondering is it the
> "aci"-driver, me or none of these?
> Should it easily be recognized, and is therefor a IRQ/port conflict or is
> there just no suitable driver under OpenBSD for this oldie?
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> 
> TIA
> Touchwood

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