Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 12:03:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: nordquist@platinum.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, george@cia-g.com, gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Adaptec 2940UW. Message-ID: <199605241903.MAA18292@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199605241858.NAA24408@doh.vt.platinum.com> from "Brent J. Nordquist" at "May 24, 96 01:58:41 pm"
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> George Simunovich wrote: > | During bootup the 2940UW gets detected. Then waits for the SCSI devices > | to settle. While finding the devices, it just hangs with the HD led > | on. It doesn't hang on the same device everytime. After several > | boots it manages to completly boot only to hang after using it for > | a while. > | > | [...] > | > | I just did a sup and recompiled the kernel. The problem is still there. > > I also have the 2940UW. I sup'ed -stable on May 5, and I've been > having this problem ever since, too! > > George Simunovich wrote: > | Here is some more info that might prove helpful: > | > | Intel Endevor II motherboard. > | Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM video card. > | ... > > I also have a Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM. All my devices are on the > internal narrow bus. > > Rod Grimes wrote: > | I recently experienced this problem, a quick work around is to turn off > | the Ultra mode in the SCSI-Select BIOS settings. > > In the Adaptec's setup, I've disabled wide for all SCSI ID's 0 through > 7; I had to do this even to get 2.1.0-RELEASE to work with my Exabyte > 4200i 4mm DAT drive. Is that what you meant (disabling per SCSI ID), > or is there some other global setting that I missed? There is a global setting in the controller advanced feature settings section. This is seperate from the per device wide flags. > I'll try some of the other hints and patches that Justin mentioned, and > I'll let you know the results. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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