From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 14 07:44:21 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 BC76716A41A for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:44:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6683543D55 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:44:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.06/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k5E7iKAL006363 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:44:20 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.50] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.6+UW06.03/8.13.6+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k5E7iDcv026469 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:44:18 -0700 Message-ID: <448FBE44.3010703@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:44:04 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <448F9A87.3070809@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <448F9A87.3070809@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Trying to revive a server... AIC-7896 freezes pre-POST completion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:44:21 -0000 Garrett Cooper wrote: > Hello again all, > I know this isn't a FreeBSD question really, but I just started up a > motherboard with onboard SCSI (Adaptec AIC-7896), and for some odd > reason it freezes pre-POST before it attempts to boot and there isn't > any way where I can get into the BIOS to change the settings it seems. > Does anyone know how I can maybe disable the onboard SCSI controller > since it appears to hang while detecting disks? > Thanks a million! > -Garrett Just wondering... did some early P3 server motherboards halt waiting for a response from a floppy drive by chance? -Garrett