Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:30:53 -0700 From: "I. Harold Oga" <ogah@home.com> To: AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Zip drive and AHA2910 Message-ID: <19981029133053.A533@home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.981029074649.3605B-100000@spud.me.wustl.edu>; from Matthew Kay on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 08:09:51AM -0600 References: <Pine.SGI.3.95.981029074649.3605B-100000@spud.me.wustl.edu>
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On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 08:09:51AM -0600, Matthew Kay wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone had problems using an Iomega Zip drive and the AHA2910? > Actually, I have the 2910C. A Umax scanner (610S) and the zip drive are > the only devices attached to the scsi card. A Promise UDMA EIDE card > controls the hard drives, and two EIDE/ATAPI cdroms are controlled by the > motherboard. > > The scanner works like a charm but the zip drive constantly hangs. I can > read and write to the zip but at approxiametly every-other read/write the > zip drive will stop responding for 5 minutes or so. If I wait long enough > it will eventually finish the job. It appears that the driver is > attempting to reset the scsi device, gives up, then tries again. (If that > makes any sense.) I have included some data below. > > I am wondering if maybe I should pass the following command to the > kernel: aic7xxx=no_reset > > Any ideas? > > Much thanks, > Matt > mwkay@spud.me.wustl.edu Hi, I have a 2910C and an internal scsi zip drive. I have never had a problem with it. Is your zip an internal or external scsi drive? I've got 6 devices including a UMAX scanner hanging off of it with no problems. Maybe try the aic7xxx 5.1.2 driver and see if that helps. -- I. Harold Oga | Email: ogah@home.com Systems Enterprises Ltd. | Voice: (403) 244 9738 #211, 1624 16th Ave SW | Calgary, AB, T3C 1A1 | "Life Sucks, Deal with it!!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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