From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Sep 17 12:37:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA08634 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:37:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from patty.loop.net (patty.loop.net [204.179.169.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA08629 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:37:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cassy@localhost) by patty.loop.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA24087; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:37:04 -0700 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:37:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Cassandra Perkins X-Sender: cassy@patty.loop.net To: Robert Chalmers cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI configuration still In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I not sure about your particular drive, but Seagate Barracuda drives have a jumper setting that inserts a startup delay based on the id# of the drive. There is also a setting that prevents the drives from starting up until they receive a signal from the host adapter. If you have similar settings on your drive, try disabling them. Cassandra The Loop ISC On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Robert Chalmers wrote: > Well, continuing the saga. The drive verified ok. formatted ok, so > the controller can see it and deal with it. > but the FreeBSD boot disk gives me a > > sd0(aha0:0:0): timed out > sd0(aha0:0:0): timed out AGAIN > > 4 times in all, then goes on with a probe of other stuff, then > into the menu. But it doesn't find the SCSI drive? > > any clues gurus? > > cheers, > Bob > > -- > The China House Sheng Huo Jiu Shi Dou Zheng > robert@chalmers.com.au for Whirled Peas http://chalmers.com.au > Location: Web Works Whitsunday. 21'7" S, 149'14" E. >