Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:28:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: vladimir-scsi@math.uic.edu Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with adaptec 2940 cards on 3.3-STABLE Message-ID: <199909290128.SAA17901@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <19990929000308.19370.qmail@math.uic.edu> from "vladimir-scsi@math.uic.edu" at "Sep 29, 1999 00:03:08 am"
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> Dear STABLE users, > below is a copy of my message to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > about the problems with adaptec 2940 UW/U2W cards. I would > appreciate if anyone would have some ideas on what might be > going wrong. I have observed this problem on 2 machines with > the same hardware, so termination and cables should not be causing > that. > > We have a Dell computer with the Phoenix bios and Adaptec 2940 UW > card. This computer worked fine until I tried to replace Adaptec > 2940UW with 2940 U2W. The card had internal scsi drive connected to > the internal UW connector, and an external U2W LVD drive connected to > the external U2W connector. Both drives were terminated. During the > boot, I noticed the following error messages: Is the 2940UW unterminated? Do you have a UW compliant external SCSI cable? Is the total bus length <1.5M (4.5 feet)? ... > > Did anyone else have bad experience with these cards, or do you think this > combination of adapted card + phoenix bios might be causing problems? Thanks! No, I think it is a scsi bus problem with the quality/quantity of cable or quality of termination. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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