Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 17:02:16 -0700 From: Bob Badaracco <rjb@typeline.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk Controller weirdness... Message-ID: <36268D08.49A7CD2E@typeline.com> References: <199810151721.MAA00240@horton.iaces.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7ACB630BA3B948F0508FD58B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It turns out that the automatic termination feature built into the controller that Adaptec recommends doesn't work in my configuration. All I had to do was toggle termination to Low on/ High on in the SCSISelect utility that's on board. Bob Paul T. Root wrote: > 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. --------------7ACB630BA3B948F0508FD58B Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob Badaracco Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Bob Badaracco n: Badaracco;Bob org: Typeline, Inc. adr: 668 American Legion Drive;;;Teaneck;NJ;07666;USA email;internet: rjb@typeline.com title: President tel;work: (201) 836-2300 X 19 tel;fax: (201) 836-8337 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------7ACB630BA3B948F0508FD58B-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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