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Date:      Thu, 6 Jan 2000 02:27:25 -0600 (CST)
From:      Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
To:        msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith)
Cc:        ak@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru (Alexey Koptsevich), freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dual CPU support and AIC-7896 onboard Intel L440GX
Message-ID:  <200001060827.CAA59681@celery.dragondata.com>
In-Reply-To: <200001060827.AAA01011@mass.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Jan 06, 2000 12:27:40 AM

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> 
> > Then I tried to install 3.4. Strange things: when disk (IBM 18LZX 9.1 Gb)
> > is connected to the adapter, rather long pause (about a minute) occurs
> > before something begins to load from boot diskettes. When disk is not
> > connected (bus is free), installer begins to boot normally. But in both
> > cases, after the message `Waiting 15 sec for SCSI devices to settle',
> > everything stop, only error messages are issued. The same with 3.3
> > installation.
> 
> It's pretty clear that you have a SCSI bus problem unrelated to FreeBSD 
> here.  Check your termination, cables, connectors, BIOS settings, etc.

Newer adaptec SCSI cards seem to take ages to do the automatic termination
checking. Make sure it's turned off in the SCSI card's bios.

Kevin


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