Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:07:29 +0200 From: Eric NOULARD <Eric.Noulard@prism.uvsq.fr> To: tom2@fwb.asi.srs.com Cc: Luis Carlos Yamamoto <yamamoto@cti.com.br>, aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Timeouts on my DEC Alpha (Again!) Message-ID: <19991025100728.B7822@monet.prism.uvsq.fr> In-Reply-To: <3813BE31.1C048384@gnt.net>; from Tom Browder on Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 09:19:29PM -0500 References: <01bf1e7b$e089c840$cb01000a@tombrowd> <3813A086.1ABA0AAD@cti.com.br> <3813BE31.1C048384@gnt.net>
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On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 09:19:29PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> Luis Carlos Yamamoto wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I am not developer, I am a user but I saw several
> > time outs if one uses faster devices with low id and slower devices
> > with high id. In my pc, I use DAT with id=0 and different disks
> > with id=4 and 6. I think adaptec 2940 series uses 0 for slower devices
> > and 7 for faster one (7=the card).
> > If you use already in this way, I am sorry for this useless email but
> > if not, maybe you could try change and see what happens.
> > (If you don't know how, id is enabled in each hardware and manuals
> > could indicate how to change id).
> >
> > yours,
> > Luís
>
> Luis, that sounds like something new to try, but I thought my boot device had
> to have a 0 ID.
> Doesn't it?
You must be able to chose the boot ID in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS.
It is usually set to 0 but I did change mine to 6 without pb.
It was on a onboard 2940U2W but I think the 2940UW'BIOS should have this option too.
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Eric NOULARD
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