From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 1 03:09:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC46416A420 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 03:09:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4EAAC43D49 for ; Wed, 1 Feb 2006 03:09:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 209 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2006 03:09:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.0.0.6?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@69.235.33.209 with plain) by smtp114.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2006 03:09:10 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: je killen Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:09:09 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: Need advice re SCSI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:09:11 -0000 Hello all; I have installed an LSI Logic SCSI adapter card and have attached to it two 18GB Maxtor 15k SCSI hard drives. These drives are 80 pin drives and I have obtained adapter boards to convert the 80 pin connectors to 68 pin ribbon cable for connection to the SCSI adapter (these adapters are from Cables To Go). This adapter is made for a 64 bit PCI slot. I only have 32 bit PCI slots. I was told via tech support response e-mail from LSI Logic that I could use the adapter card in 32 bit slots but with reduced performance. About an inch of the card connector tab hangs off the end of the PCI slot. The following has been culled from dmesg.boot, /var/log/messages, and transcribed from shutdown messages: From dmesg.boot mpt0: port 0xe900-0xe9ff mem 0xeb0e0000-0xeb0ffff f,0xeb100000-0xeb11ffff irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0 mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED] mpt0: MPI Version=1.2.9.0 mpt0: Unhandled Event Notify Frame. Event 0xa. mpt0: mpt_wait_req timed out mpt0: port enable timed outmpt0: failed to enable port 0 mpt0: Unable to initialize IOC mpt1: port 0xea00-0xeaff mem 0xeb140000-0xeb15fff f,0xeb160000-0xeb17ffff irq 10 at device 11.1 on pci0 mpt1: [GIANT-LOCKED] mpt1: MPI Version=1.2.9.0 mpt1: Unhandled Event Notify Frame. Event 0xa. Here is output from var/log/messages re SCSI: Feb 1 01:57:40 AMD64 kernel: Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle Here is transcription of shutdown messages: mpt1: Soft reset failed: device not running mpt1: WARNING - Failed hard reset! mpt1: Unhandled Event Notify Frame. Event 0x6149. The operating system has hatled. Press any key to reboot. Perhaps it would take an engineer to look at this and give me advice but; There is no entry for any da device indicating that the drives are not detected but the adapter is. Drives start up with a clattering sound (somewhat like the sound I associate with roulette wheels...um...dicey?) and it's unclear if they are in fact running. I am using FreeBSD v6.0 on Elite Group ECS 755 A2 motherboard with AMD64 (slot 754). I need to be able to format and partition these drives for use which means they have to show up. I have taken some time to try to track down a source of motherboards with 64 bit PCI slots and don't have any data to go on as yet. Sorry, I'm a little too bewildered to ask specific questions but any info and advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance Jeff K maybe someday I'll have enough knowledge to help someone like me now. ( can learn to spend, when do I get to learn to earn? )