From owner-freebsd-alpha Mon Mar 19 14:16:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85DC137B719; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:16:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 14f7uz-000433-00; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:14:25 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.3/8.11.2) id f2JMGn002232; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:16:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:16:49 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: lecn1306@ele.etsmtl.ca Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, fujimori@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp, freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW booting problems Message-ID: <20010319231649.B2202@freebie.demon.nl> References: <3AB673B9.A3D4811@ele.etsmtl.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3AB673B9.A3D4811@ele.etsmtl.ca>; from nospam@ele.etsmtl.ca on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:01:45PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.3-BETA X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:01:45PM -0500, Normand Leclerc wrote: > Uh, I am even more surprised than you guys. Until I added the Yamaha > (yes, it's a fast ultra scsi ), I booted without any problem. I have two > barracudas (one 2gigs, one 4 gigs ultra), one cheetah (9.1 gigs ultra), > one CDROM NEC-222 and the Yamaha 8424, all on the narrow interface. > > The SRM sees the adapter as pka7 which is fine. The adapter can be > configured using the Alphabios. I really don't see why you guys aren't > seeing it on SRM. I have the last SRM console for the SX which is 5.7 I Because SRM does not support Adaptecs. > beleive. Anyways, if you guys tell me this card is hardly supported, It is. Really. Believe us. Check the Compaq/DEC documentation. > then I should change it. I don't like it tough. I always liked Adaptec > scsi cards on PCs... I hardly know the other brands tough. Symbios and > Qlogic ... Any good? Yes. > Do you have the same problem with the 2940? If so, then it's of no > use to try it. It is weird, I really can boot with this card... Not with SRM. > Normand Leclerc > lecn1306@ele.etsmtl.ca > > > > > Adaptecs are not recognised by the SRM (unless you have a very recent > > machine, I think a UP1000 might understand Adaptecs). So, things like > > pk* settings do not matter to these adapters > > > > Wilko > > > > > I wonder if your pc164sx boots fine on one of scsi disks with 2940uw > > > before connecting a Yamaha cd-r writer. > > > I have got alphapc164 and pc164lx boxes in my lab, and they refuse > > > working well with 2940uw. > > > > > > You can probably check setting of the SRM variables, like > > > pka0_fast > > > pci_parity > > > etc. > > > > > > Is Yamaha a fast scsi device? > > > > > > Yoriaki Fujimori > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message