From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 16 11:39:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA14851 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:39:52 -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 LAA14846 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id LAA15366; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:38:23 -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 LAA03855; Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:38:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611161938.LAA03855@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 03:36:59 -0400. <20354.848133419@mumps.pfcs.com> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 11:37:19 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I can take the cable that has either the new seagate + CDrom and 4mm, or >both old disks + CDrom and 4mm, and plug it in to the 174x system and >everything works just fine. For this reason I'm inclined to think it's >not a cable or termination problem. >What are the odds I have a bad 2940 from the manufacturer? I'm sure their quality control is quite good. But, it's not totally impossible. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------