Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:59:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Terry Rowe <terry@shaw.wave.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: failed kernel install: 2.2.6 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807281159110.21490-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35B94B47.2C45289E@shaw.wave.ca>
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Terry Rowe wrote: > After letting SCSI devices settle, I got "impossible mbxi status" and a > reboot. > > I tried "everything" but still had the problem. Tech Support @ Walnut > Creek suggested that the SCSI adaptor (Adaptec AHA-1540B) was faulty or > I needed a rom upgrade for it. > > It turns out that I had optimistically set the adaptor's DMA transfer > speed to 8 MB/sec (the choices are 8, 6.7, 5.7, 5.0). 5.0 works! But > all the others give problems. > > My config: 486DX2/66 with an i/o bus speed of 33/4=8 MHz > > Perhaps someone could add this to some Knowledge Database so someone > else in my situation will be spared the anguish. The mail archives will take care of that. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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