Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:21:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: rjb@typeline.com (Bob Badaracco) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Controller weirdness... Message-ID: <199810151721.MAA00240@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <36264EC0.4157BF10@typeline.com> from Bob Badaracco at "Oct 15, 98 12:36:32 pm"
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In a previous message, Bob Badaracco said: > I've been running FBSD 2.2.5 on a 3 yr old 180Mhz Pentium box. > Originally it had a 4gig Seagate Barracuda > drive (Fast/Wide Scsi) with an older Adaptec 2940 controller. I recently > purchased a newer Adaptec Ultra Scsi controller and a 9gig Seagate > Medalist HD. After replacing the old with the new controller and > installing the drive > I'm able to boot from the FBSD CD but get hung at the point where the > kernel 'waits for the scsi devices to settle'. After a few minutes I get > 'aha0: board not responding, cmd fail...'. > > I've used the Adaptec on-board utility to check the scsi id's and to > verify the drive. It all checks out. I remember this from a couple of weeks (maybe a month) ago. The problem is with SCAM support, if I remember correctly. Disable SCAM, check that you have proper termination, check again, now make sure that termination is right (not just, this has always worked), lastly, check termination, then give it a try. If that doesn't work, check the archives for this mailing list. I didn't have this problem as my 2940 is a bit older too. I remember seeing that one guy downgraded the bios on the 2940, but it turned out not to be needed. Then check your termination. The 2940 is pretty fussy about it (unlike the old 1542B). Paul. -- Give me ambiguity or give me something else. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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