From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Nov 15 23:40:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA15758 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:40:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15753 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:40:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id XAA05449; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:38:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA29171; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:38:30 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611160738.XAA29171@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Harlan Stenn cc: Bruce Evans , darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com, BRETT_GLASS@infoworld.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, rschof@mccomm.nl Subject: Re: After changing to an AHA2940 I can't boot the kernel. In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 16 Nov 96 02:03:59 -0400. <19428.848127839@mumps.pfcs.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 23:38:28 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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 > sd0(ahc0:0:0): Timed out in dataout phase, SCSISIGI=0x0 >With terminators at each end of the bus i've gone from "automatic" >termination on the card to "diabled" termination on the card with no >change in effect. > >Any suggestions on where the problem might be? Defective cable? What's terminating the bus? Are you sure that device is terminating correctly? Try switching it so a different devices is terminating. Also, you still have two items on your bus. Try removing each of them, and see if that makes any difference. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------