Re: adaptec aic 7896

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd@bsws.de>]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 03:05:09PM +0200, Alex de Joode wrote:
> I'm trying to install OpenBSD 'snapshot 03-09-03' on a 
> Intel ISP 2150 machine. It uses a Adaptec AIC 7896 scsi
> adapter.
> 
> At first boot with floppy33.fs, I received an 'error code 90'
> lateron it booted from floppy and recognised the disks (sd0+sd1)
> and the install wen fine.

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> However after the install it tries to boot from hd0
> (which is not there as it is a scsi only machine)
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this assumption is wrong.
hd0 is (well, should be) always there in machines with harddisk at all.
it's hd0 as the BIOS sees it.
note that it's hd0, not wd0 ;-)

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