From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 23 09:16:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA27505 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:16:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ady.warp.starnets.ro (ady.warp.starnets.ro [193.226.124.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA27480 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:15:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ady@localhost) by ady.warp.starnets.ro (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA17006 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:14:11 +0300 (EEST) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 19:14:11 +0300 (EEST) From: Penisoara Adrian To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: troubles with SCSI controller adaptec 2940AU In-Reply-To: <199707231411.HAA19143@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > From: Stratos Paschos > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:54:09 +0300 (EEST) > Subject: Re: troubles with SCSI controller adaptec 2940AU > > > 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. > > [...] > 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). > > - ----- > Stratos Paschos Same motherboard / SCSI controller / harddisk This is the same problem I had once in a while... ***Try enabling Plug-n-Play SCAM support from SCSI Select Utilities !!*** This probably comes from Adaptec AHA2940AU + Quantum harddisk combination, though I'm only guessing... almost sure that the AHA controller is the mainly cause. Ady (@warp.starnets.ro)