Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 19:47:50 -0100 (GMT+1) From: Juergen Rose <rose@tiger.bioinf.cs.uni-potsdam.de> To: "Robin M. Braun" <Robin.Braun@eng.uct.ac.za> Cc: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Hangups with adaptec AHA-2940 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980324194537.8536A-100000@tiger.bioinf.cs.uni-potsdam.de> In-Reply-To: <009801bd5245$5d77df40$cb809e89@rmb.ee.uct.ac.za>
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I had a similar problem with a TYAN tahoe motherboard. I could fix it by using the first PCI-slot for the adaptec controler instead of the second or third. Juergen On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Robin M. Braun wrote: > >Robin M. Braun wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: > > > > RMB> I have a Linux system running on a dual Pentium II motheboard > > RMB> (FX chipset) with 128M of memory. I have tried a 2.1.89 kernel > > RMB> but usually run a 2.0.33 kernel. I get periodic SCSI timeouts > > RMB> with the machine becoming unusable. This usually happens if I > > RMB> try to untar a large compressed file. > > > >Do you know the manufacturer of the motherboard? > > The motheboard is a Gigabyte GA-686KDX with 440FX chipset and 128M of > ram. The AHA2940 bios version is 1.32 > > > RMB> My kernel startup message is > > RMB> "aic7xxx=extended,no_reset,ultra,verbose" > > > >Why are you using "no_reset" in this situation? > > > I will remove the no_reset flag. Seemed a good idea at the time. > > Many thanks > > Rob > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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