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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 23:12:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andrew Webster <andrew@fortress.org>
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To: Jamie Rishaw <jamie@dilbert.iagnet.net>
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Subject: Re: Repeated Crashes, news server - SCSI Probs?
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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Jamie Rishaw wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>   I've been having a problem with one of the FreeBSD machines on our
> network.  It's the news server..
> 
>   Sorry for the crosspost, btw.
> 
>   Up until today it was a Cyrix 6x86 with 128M RAM, yada yada.. today's config
> is:
> 
> - P-Pro 200, TYAN mb, 192Mb RAM
> - FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE
> - Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra W BIOS v1.21

Your problem is the combination of 2.1.7-R and AHA-2940.  Get either
2.2.1-R or 2.1.7.1-R and you'll be a happy guy!

I'm running 2.2.1-R.  With 2.1.7-R it died every 24-48hrs with drive
light stuck on.  Now its been up for 24 days no headaches!!!


Best regards,

Andrew Webster                              andrew@pubnix.net   
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