Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 18:32:32 +0000 () From: Carey Nairn <cpn@ccd.tas.gov.au> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Western Digital Enterprise SCSC drive problems Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970512182949.9435A-100000@krondor.cpn.org.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970512170945.007640f0@falcon.pacit.tas.gov.au>
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On Mon, 12 May 1997, Carey Nairn wrote: > greetings all, > > I have a small problem with som WD SCSI drives and was wondering if there > are any known problems with them or any advice you could give me. > > I have 3 of these drives connected to an Adaptec 2940AU controller and > trying to install 2.2.1R. During the boot sequence the SCSI BIOS gets the > drives OK but when the FreeBSD probes start I get the following errors... > > ahc0 <Adaptec 2940A Ultra SCSI Host adapter> rev 1 int a irq 10 on pci0:16 > ahc0: aic7860 Single channel, SCSI Id-7, 3 SCBs > ahc0 board is not responding > (ahc0:0:0): SCB 0x0 - timedout in datain phase, SCSISIGI==0x46 > SEQADDR==0x12c > (ahc0:0:0): abort message in message buffer > ahc0 board is not responding > (ahc0:0:0): SCB 0x2 - timedout while recovery in progress > (ahc0:0:0): "unknown unknown ????" type 13 fixed SCSI 0 > uk0 unknown device > ..... > > Do I have 3 dodgy drives ?? > any clues, help or otherwise would be appreciated. > Thanks in advance > > cheers, > Carey Nairn > I should also have mentioned... I tested the setup with a known good drive (one that already had 2.2.1R installed) and everything worked fine. This really points at the drive IMHO. I have also tried varios jumper settings on the WD drives to no avail. thanks again Carey Nairn
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