From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 28 0:42:21 2002 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 CA2B537B400 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:42:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1162943E3B for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:42:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk ([IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7S7g92b016153; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:42:09 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7S7g4tv016152; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:42:04 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:42:04 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Jim Arnold Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adaptec 2940UW - bad or misconfigured Message-ID: <20020828074204.GB15742@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 12:01:58AM -0400, Jim Arnold wrote: > Installed an Adaptec 2940UW onto an Epox EP-MVP3G2 motherboard and > then did a clean install of FreeBSD 4.6.2 onto a Seagate ST39175LW. > The install went without a hitch but when I reboot I get > the error "Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter." > > When I take the SCSI drive and install it into another box with an > Adaptec 2940U2W it boots fine. > If the card or scsi cable was bad wouldn't the install have failed? > > Spent some time changing BIOS settings but this does nothing. BIOS is > set to boot SCSI first. > Previously this Epox board had the Adaptec 2940U2W before it was > moved to another box as part of an upgrade. Did you check the SCSI BIOS settings as well as the general system BIOS? (If I remember correctly, you hit Ctrl-A very early in the boot sequence to get into Adaptec SCSI BIOSes). It may be that LUN has been marked as a device not suitable for booting from. Otherwise, I think you've pretty much ruled out any other conclusion than the card is faulty. Caveat Emptor. The card may still work fine as a secondary bus to hang a tape drive or whatever from. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message