Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:19:08 -0500 From: Robert Sexton <robert@kudra.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adaptec 2940u2w hangs on external disks Message-ID: <19990305121908.A48418@kudra.com> In-Reply-To: <22812.920649755@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 05:02:35PM %2B0100 References: <19990305163123.E20535@xs3.xs4all.nl> <22812.920649755@verdi.nethelp.no>
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On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 05:02:35PM +0100, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > A possibly related problem we've seen here: FreeBSD sometimes needs a > hard reset (hit reset button) to reboot, while a software reboot will > hang during bootup. > > This happens on FreeBSD boxes with 3.1R or 3.1-STABLE, onboard Adaptec > 7890 U2W controller. Various (Seagate, IBM) LVD disks on LVD chain, > *and* DAT on single-ended chain. Using verbose boot, we see that the > hang occurs while probing the DAT and/or the CDROM player on the SE > chain. <aol> I've seen this quite a few times recently, as of 3.1. Last night in my machine (Symbios 875 & 895 COntrollers) and two weeks ago in a customers machine (HP Netserver with build in Adaptec EISA controller) </aol> I'll try to reproduce it this weekend at home and file a pr. -- Robert Sexton, robert@kudra.com FreeBSD - Quality BSD UNIX for Intel and Alpha that you don't have to shave your head to use. <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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