From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 07:33:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA29485 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 07:33:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ax433.mclink.it (ax433.mclink.it [192.106.166.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA29466 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 07:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tirm12.vol.it by ax433.mclink.it id aa27567; 8 Apr 96 16:32 CEST Message-ID: <316923F3.41C67EA6@mclink.it> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 16:34:27 +0200 From: Marco Masotti X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility References: <199604080639.QAA08948@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: > The 2940 _may_ have one of the buggy firmware revisions that cause drama > with PnP motherboards; this should be checked with a call to Adaptec's > tech support. Apropos my original article, I neglected to say that, after having problems with the 2940 controller, I've been trying also a 1542B, same hard disks, same CD drive, same, hopefully good scsi termination. I then could install both Freebsd and Dos. What I'm going to replace now is the hard disk (IBM) with a new one (Fujitsu), and do it again. However I'm inclined to think about the buggy firmware revision with PnP motherboards and hence to contact the tech support from Adpatec/Asus. Meanwhile, if possible, I'll try to swap the motherboard also, with a non PnP type. I'll get back to you as soon as any piece of news. Thanks Marco