Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:10:57 -0500 From: "Andy Kennedy" <akennedy@ancdf.org> To: "'Ibarra, Amando'" <AIbarra@bindview.com>, "'aic7xxx@freebsd.org'" <aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Adaptec AHA-2940 Message-ID: <000b01c03dc4$3b7a0270$2901a8c0@ancdf.org> In-Reply-To: <82D9E4BB02AED311855D0008C756FEBD02693FEE@BVEW>
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I'm not a RedHat user, but is there suppose to be a '-' in 'alias scsi-hostadapter aic7xxx'? If not, that could be the problem. Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG]On > Behalf Of Ibarra, Amando > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:00 AM > To: 'aic7xxx@freebsd.org' > Subject: Adaptec AHA-2940 > > > I have an Adaptec AHA-2940 host adapter to connect a 2gb disk drive. > > I'm seeing > > scsi : 0 hosts. > scsi : detected total. > > when it boots. > > The 1st time I installed the scsi card on the system ; the > system detected > without > any problem and I was abled to go to the scsiSelect option > and format the > drive > with no problem. Linux OS prompt if I wanted to configure the > scsi card and > I said OK. > > In the /etc/conf.modules files there is an entry for the dirver > 'alias scsi-hostadapter aic7xxx' > > When I run the ' fdisk /dev/sda ' , It does nothing it just > sit there until > abort the with CTRL/Z > > If I run the ' fdisk /dev/sga ' and then abort it with CTRL/Z and > then > > run the ' fdisk /dev/sda ' again it 'fdisk' works and I'm > abled partiton > disk drive without problem > >From here I'm lost don't know what to do next. > > In Solaris I normally run format utility and selecl disk > drive, partition > the drive and label it > each partition. After the 'format' i run the ' newfs ' to > get the partition > ready to mount. > > In Linux I don't know what to do after the fdisk. > > I know I have something wrong with the driver but I don't > know what I need > to fix this problem > > At boot time the the information that it is sent to the > console about the > Adaptec card > is : AHA-2940 Bios V1.23 > > > Amando A. Ibarra > LAN Administrator > 713.561.4314 > FAX: 713.561.1314 > mailto:aibarra@bindview.com > Bindview Corporation > http://www.bindview.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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