From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 9 4:11:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC2DB37B41E for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 04:11:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:11:46 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA084@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: "'Justin T. Gibbs'" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions mailing list (E-mail)" Subject: RE: On-board adaptec 7880 gives Illegal cable configuration error Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:11:45 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Justin, > > > >Problem is, there is only a single on-board connector, so > there is no way > >for me to change the cabling. > > Here's the deal. The aic7xxx driver can't tell if cable detection is > implemented in any given aic7xxx application (it requires > logic external > to the chip). But, the driver assumes that this logic must exist if > the serial eeprom dictates "automatic termination". For your > motherboard, > automatic termination makes little sense. You have one connector and > unless the controller is in the middle of a bus that is > elsewhere terminated, termination should be enabled. > This did indeed solve the issue of the illegal cable configuration. Thanks for the quick response. I used the built-in SCSI-select utility to set the termination and the message went away. > > >FreeBSD hangs after finding the plip0 device, so I cannot > install FreeBSD on > >this machine. Any help would be appreciated. > > I can't say if your hang is SCSI related or caused by some > other issue. > I'm not sure it's not SCSI related. The ahc0 controller is detected, but no disks. The boot process hangs at the stage were I'd expect the disks to be probed. I'm off to check the disk termination. Meanwhile, any other suggestions? Needless to say Windows works. :-( Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message