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To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com>
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Subject: Re: After changing to an AHA2940 I can't boot the kernel. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 16 Nov 1996 02:03:59 -0400."
             <19428.848127839@mumps.pfcs.com> 
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 23:55:40 -0800
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>I unplugged all of my existing SCSI disks, leaving my CDrom and 4mm DAT
>drive.
>
>I took a 2G Seagate barracuda and put it in the box, grabbed a boot
>floppy and the 2.1.5 installation CDrom, and fired it up.
>
>While loading in the bin distribution, I kicked over to the "output"
>window (Alt-F2, as I recall).
>
>I started seeing messages like:
>
> sd0(ahc0:0:0): Timed out in dataout phase, SCSISIGI=0x0

This probably is a termination problem, but not your fault.  The driver
in 2.1.5R always enabled low byte termination.  This has been corrected
and the fix will be availible in the upcoming 2.2 Release.

>Thanks...
>
>H

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Justin T. Gibbs
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