From owner-freebsd-questions  Tue Jul 22 13:33:56 1997
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA25953
          for questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from shop1 (pool41.hiper.net [207.137.172.41])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA25945;
          Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:33:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <33D51A1C.5376CA48@ccsales.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:37:48 -0700
From: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Reply-To: randyk@ccsales.com
Organization: CCSales, Inc.
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it>
CC: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: troubles with SCSI controller adaptec 2940AU
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970722215259.172A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

This has absolutely nothing to do with FreeBSD. This is a hardware
issue. It's not FreeBSD until you get to a boot: prompt.

Thanx,
Randy Katz


Marco Molteni wrote:
> 
> Howdy!
> 
> I got a 2.2.2-RELEASE box with a Adaptec 2940AU PCI SCSI controller,
> connected to a Quantum Fireball HD.
> I'm using kernel.GENERIC, and a TYAN motherboard (more specs if needed,
> since I haven't the machine here now).
> If I do a cold boot (I mean with the power switch) the BIOS sees the adaptec
> and I can boot from the hd (I installed FreeBSD on it :-),
> but if I do a warm boot (eg with "reboot") the bios doesn't sees the
> controller and I can't boot.
> 
> Here is what I get from the bios during the boot:
> 
> adaptec AHA-2940AU BIOS v1.21
> Press CTRL-A for SCSI Select utility!
> [so it seems that the m/b bios sees the controller, but after about 15
> secs I get:]
> time-out failure during SCSI inquiry command
> No SCSI boot device found
> SCSI BIOS not installed
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
> :-(
> 
> I *hope* ;-) I just have to compile a custom kernel...
> 
> TIA
> 
> Marco Molteni
> Computer Science student at the Universita' di Milano, Italy.
> "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things".