From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 17 11:38:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4CD437B401 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (ra.dweebsoft.com [209.237.40.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E52743F85 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: from ra.dweebsoft.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2HJc9Mc052055; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com) Received: (from http@localhost) by ra.dweebsoft.com (8.12.6/8.12.3/Submit) id h2HJc9Ds052054; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:09 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: ra.dweebsoft.com: http set sender to daxbert_news@dweebsoft.com using -f Received: from 63.67.101.6 ( [63.67.101.6]) as user daxbert@localhost by ra.dweebsoft.com with HTTP; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:09 -0800 Message-ID: <1047929889.3e7624216a6a7@ra.dweebsoft.com> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:38:09 -0800 From: Daxbert To: Pierrick Brossin Cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: SCSI AHC 2940 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 63.67.101.6 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting Pierrick Brossin : > So today I tried the following: use an IDE 8Gb HD to install FBSD 5.0 > and then plug the SCSI drive to create a partition and mount it. > Everything went smooth until I started copying file to the mount point > of the 9Gb SCSI HD. > > I first copied /bin to /newhd and it did it without any trouble. > I was really suprised that it was working so I decided to copy > something bigger to make sure it was NOT working :) > So I copied /usr to /newhd and it crashed. I was pretty sure the > errors messages would be in /var/log/messages so I rebooted the > computer and saw that I was completely wrong. > > Actually it started copying file and ended with a bunch of errors > followed by a disk syncing (like when you shut down your comp). > > Now, is there a way to log the error messages so I can tell you > exactly what I get so you can (maybe and hopefully) help me ? > Do you have an extra computer, null modem cable? If so, hook up the extra computer to the serial port of your freebsd box, enable logging via your terminal program of choice, then repeat whatever steps are needed. Other things you may or may not have checked: In my days of working with Adaptec SCSI cards, I came to the conclusion that termination was best handled manually. While the system is POST'ing you should see something about Adaptec yada yada. Hit Ctrl-A, to bring up the Adaptec BIOS settings, and make sure the termination is set properly. Since you only have one drive, you should have termination enabled on both the card and the drive. You should also be able to see the drive from within Adaptec's SCSI Tools. After setting the termination properly, run a verify media test. --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message