From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 22:34:45 2005 Return-Path: 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 9DF7E16A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:34:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lakermmtao06.cox.net (lakermmtao06.cox.net [68.230.240.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F087443D41 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:34:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chrisc123@cox.net) Received: from total.cox.net ([70.181.10.187]) by lakermmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050424223442.HCIT749.lakermmtao06.cox.net@total.cox.net>; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:34:42 -0400 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.0.20050424182653.01b33ec0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: chrisc123@pop.east.cox.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:33:00 -0400 To: Chuck Swiger From: ChrisC In-Reply-To: <426BEBF7.8010203@mac.com> References: <6.1.2.0.0.20050424095347.019ab7b0@pop.east.cox.net> <426BEBF7.8010203@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to find good/cheap tech support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:34:45 -0000 Thanks for the reply. - I have tried posting the problem in the bsdforums.com as well as on this mailing list but no one seems to be able to help. - In my mind there is always the possibility of a problem being a pebkac but this problem only occurs with FreeBSD. The SCSI controller works fine when I load RedHat Fedora Core 3 or Windows 2000 Pro. Unfortunately I don't know much about FreeBSD to do much trouble shooting myself so I might just have to go with another OS on this specific server. - Here is a copy of my original email/problem. - I am attempting to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a new server, but during the initial bootup it fails / times out from what I think is it trying to initialize the SCSI adapter. The server has an Adaptec AIC-7902 dual-channel Ultra320 SCSI controller which the i386 ahd(4) driver has listed as a supported device. - I have been reading and searching this lists archives as well as the bsdforums.org site for possible solutions, but so far what I have found has not worked. I have tried disabling/enabling ACPI, removing all but one SCSI drive and re-checking the adapter settings comparing them to a different Adaptec controller on another server running FreeBSD 5.3 which works fine. The servers BIOS and firmware is all up to date and is mainly running on its default settings. - Here is a summary of what I am seeing during bootup: - Ata1-master : FAILURE ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle -------Dump Card State Ends------- (probe29:ahd1:0:15:0) SCB0xe timed out ahd0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset 4 SCBs aborted - Thanks again for taking time to reply. At 4/24/2005 02:56 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: ChrisC wrote: Where would you all recommend that one can go to find good FreeBSD tech support that does not cost $150+ an hour? This mailing list usually does a pretty good job, considering, and it's free. However, someone located on-site or near to where-ever the machine is, is going to do a better job than someone located far away-- it's much easier to work on console than debug problems remotely via email. (This is true even when the problem isn't PEBKAC. :-) -- -Chuck PS: The acronym googles well, not that I mean to suggest *your* problem is a matter of user error. Are you sure the SCSI controller is still OK-- does it work in another machine? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list [1]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" References 1. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions