From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 16 04:44:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA22069 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 04:44:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gatekeeper.acucobol.ie (gatekeeper.acucobol.ie [194.125.135.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA22053 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 04:44:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmcl@Acucobol.IE) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by gatekeeper.acucobol.ie (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA26545; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:36:40 GMT Received: from guinness.acucobol.ie(194.125.135.195) by gatekeeper.acucobol.ie via smap (V2.0beta) id xma026543; Tue, 16 Dec 97 12:36:26 GMT Received: from guinness (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by guinness.acucobol.ie (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA21290; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:44:15 GMT Message-Id: <199712161244.MAA21290@guinness.acucobol.ie> From: John McLaughlin To: Marcus Haebler Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW and 7 disks results in bus resets In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:15:13 +0100." <01BD0A13.E1B62930.mh@muenster.net> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 12:44:15 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi, > we just added a disk to our FreeBSD-2.2-stable (about 6 months old) > and are running into major problems with those 7 disks. The disks > are connected to an Adaptec 2940UW. Are there any known problems > with FreeBSD and the Adaptec 2940UW? A bus reset occurs every two > minutes. I just grabed part of the error messages out of tonights > daily report. It looks like that: [snip] > Did anybody run into similar problems? Help is needed urgently! > Termination etc. is definitly OK! Bus speed is down to 20MB/s. Any > ideas? I had similar problems here, and it turned out to be power problems to the disk (from the looks of it, unit 0). Try checking the power connectors to make sure they're making good contact. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John McLaughlin | Acucobol Ireland Ltd. IS Manager, Europe |Burlington House, Waterloo Lane | Dublin 4, Ireland. e-Mail: jmcl@Acucobol.IE | Phone: +353 1 667-6166 John.McLaughlin@Acucobol.IE | Mobile: +353 86 820-1557 http://www.acucobol.com | Fax: +353 1 667-6130 ----------------------------------------------------------------------