Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:37:48 -0700 From: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com> To: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubles with SCSI controller adaptec 2940AU Message-ID: <33D51A1C.5376CA48@ccsales.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970722215259.172A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it>
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This has absolutely nothing to do with FreeBSD. This is a hardware issue. It's not FreeBSD until you get to a boot: prompt. Thanx, Randy Katz Marco Molteni wrote: > > Howdy! > > I got a 2.2.2-RELEASE box with a Adaptec 2940AU PCI SCSI controller, > connected to a Quantum Fireball HD. > I'm using kernel.GENERIC, and a TYAN motherboard (more specs if needed, > since I haven't the machine here now). > If I do a cold boot (I mean with the power switch) the BIOS sees the adaptec > and I can boot from the hd (I installed FreeBSD on it :-), > but if I do a warm boot (eg with "reboot") the bios doesn't sees the > controller and I can't boot. > > Here is what I get from the bios during the boot: > > adaptec AHA-2940AU BIOS v1.21 > Press CTRL-A for SCSI Select utility! > [so it seems that the m/b bios sees the controller, but after about 15 > secs I get:] > time-out failure during SCSI inquiry command > No SCSI boot device found > SCSI BIOS not installed > DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER > :-( > > I *hope* ;-) I just have to compile a custom kernel... > > TIA > > Marco Molteni > Computer Science student at the Universita' di Milano, Italy. > "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things".
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