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From: Stratos Paschos <stratos@medusa.cs.uoi.gr>
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Subject: Re: troubles with SCSI controller adaptec 2940AU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970722215259.172A-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it> from Marco Molteni at "Jul 22, 97 10:08:16 pm"
To: molter@logic.it (Marco Molteni)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:54:09 +0300 (EEST)
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> 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".
> 
I had the same problem with the _same_ controller and the _same_
Adaptec BIOS version.

Someone from a local store told me that this BIOS has 
some problems with some motherboards.

I solved the problem by replacing the Adaptec BIOS by a newer 
(ver 1.40 I think).

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Stratos Paschos