From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 04:08:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA18483 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 04:08:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk ([194.81.5.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA18473 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 04:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk) Received: from Greg by amanda.qmpgmc.ac.uk (UUNET Amanda using sendmail V8.9.1a) id MAA15392; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:07:18 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <000701bddf06$848be380$380051c2@Greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk> Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan" From: "Greg Quinlan" To: Subject: Adaptec 3940*A*UW Does NOT Work? Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 12:06:10 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDDF0E.E5A872C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDDF0E.E5A872C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Basically I need to know why the: Adaptec 3940UW - works & Adaptec 3940AUW - Does NOT work. The 3940UW Dual channel controller works fine. It is detected by FreeBSD = and runs happy, but something Adaptec have done with the 3940AUW means = that it is not detected and if you try and fool it by installing first = using the 3940UW then change to the 3940AUW it begins to boot but can = not mount the root file system, and PANICS. Does anyone know what the solution is? I have BSD 2.2.5. ( I have a great deal of upgraded bits - so I have not got any of the = vulnerabilities of 2.2.5 :| ) Greg ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BDDF0E.E5A872C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Basically I need to know why the:
 
Adaptec 3940UW    -    = works
&
Adaptec 3940AUW    = -    Does NOT=20 work.
 
The 3940UW Dual channel controller works fine. It is = detected=20 by FreeBSD and runs happy, but something Adaptec have done with the = 3940AUW=20 means that it is not detected and if you try and fool it by installing = first=20 using the 3940UW then change to the 3940AUW it begins to boot but can = not mount=20 the root file system, and PANICS.
 
Does anyone know what the solution is?
 
I have BSD 2.2.5.
 
( I have a great deal of upgraded bits - so I have = not got any=20 of the vulnerabilities of 2.2.5 :| )
 
 
Greg
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