From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Feb 2 20:05:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA06955 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:05:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from goliath.camtech.net.au (goliath.camtech.net.au [203.5.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA06949 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:05:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@vee.net) Received: from vee.net (dialup-ad-13-119.camtech.net.au [203.55.243.247]) by goliath.camtech.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id OAA03306; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 14:34:15 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <36B7CC38.1D7127C2@vee.net> Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 14:40:32 +1030 From: Mike X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kenneth D. Merry" CC: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 2920? References: <199902030359.UAA44931@panzer.plutotech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > Michael Gratton wrote... > > Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > > > > Michael Gratton wrote... > > > > Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Michael Gratton wrote... > > > > > > Booting hangs after the "Waiting for SCSI devices to settle.." message. > > > > > > The probe complains about somthing, but I lost the bit of paper the > > > > > > messages were scribbled on (darn darn darn!). > > > > > > > > > > Well, I've got a few questions: > > > > > > > > > > - It sounds like you must be booting off an IDE disk. Can you boot > > > > > without the DAT drive attached, or without the SCSI controller in the > > > > > machine? > > > > > > > > The machine does only have a single IDE drive. The same problem occcurs when > > > > the DAT is disconnected, and it boots just fine without the adapter > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > If I left it long enough, with the driver give up and allow the machine to > > > > boot normally? At least then I could copy the errors from /var/log/messages > > > > > > Another alternative is putting a serial console on the machine. That would > > > allow you to capture boot messages, kernel printfs, etc. > > > > I ended up just writing it down: > > > > -- > > Waiting 15 sec for SCSI devices to settle > > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0) SCB 0x0 - timed out while idle, LAST PHASE == 0x1, > > SCSISIGI == 0x0 > > SEQADDR == 0x188 > > STATI(?) == 0x0 > > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0) no longer in timeout status = 34b > > ahc0: issued Channel A Bus Reset. 7SCBS aborted. > > -- > > > > It then goes on, the probe number incrementing (eg, probe1:0;1:0) wthis the > > same errors. > > That is quite odd. The timed out while idle message indicates that a > command timed out, and the device didn't respond. > > You said that this happens both with *and* without the DAT drive connected? Yep, it also occured when I had just a single hard drive attached to it. > If that is the case, that means that the driver is getting confused > somehow, and must think that something is responding to selections. (which > shouldn't be happening, since there is nothing on the bus!!) > > I could come up with a theory if it only happened with the DAT drive > installed, but this is strange. It could be a sequencer bug. I'll forward > this on to Justin and see what he says... Thanks! Mike. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message