From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 7 9:10:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gatekeep.kcc.com (gatekeep.kcc.com [192.136.16.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0934315849 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:10:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ellis@kcc.com) Received: from mail.kcc.com (ustcax00.kcc.com [205.203.65.10]) by gatekeep.kcc.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6) with SMTP id JAA07306 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:21:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 205.203.65.10 by mail.kcc.com with ESMTP (WorldSecure Server SMTP Relay(WSS) v3.2 SR1); Wed, 07 Apr 99 11:05:29 -0500 X-Server-Uuid: fc96bae8-3f98-11d2-a40d-00805f199815 Received: by ustcax00.kcc.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <2DHBZLW8>; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:05:29 -0500 Message-ID: <2B2253731B41D211846400805F19594B04B0F250@ustcax08.kcc.com> From: "Ellis, Joshua" To: "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG'" Cc: "'ted@stargate.org'" , "'Kenneth D. Merry'" , "'patrickr@Exabyte.COM'" Subject: RE: AIC-7890 - can't install 3.1-RELEASE Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 11:08:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) X-WSS-ID: 1B155DC31212797-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> Running ASUS P2B-S motherboard, with a PII/450. >> Using the onboard AIC-7890 controller with a >> Quantum Viking II 4.5WLS Ultra-LVD drive, attempting >> to install FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE. >> Unexpected busfree. LASTPHASE == 0x40 >> SEQADDR == 0x8a >> (probe0:ahc0:0:0:1):SCB 0x0 - timed out in datain phase, >> SEQADDR==0x88 KDM> There is a known hang problem with the 7890, KDM> and it sounds like that's the problem you have. PR> I may be wrong, but if your using that PR> drive in LVD mode it may not be supported PR> at all.... It was my understanding that LVD PR> is not supported yet in LVD mode.. TDB> We had this same problem with quantum 4.5g TDB> differential drives and an adaptec 2944uw. TDB> It turned out the drive was jumpered wrong TDB> - wish I could remember exactly which jumper TDB> it was - but it's been quite a while. Thanks to those who responded. The first thing I did was flash the P2B BIOS to rev 1008 (Feb-1999), to see if the problem may have been with the on-board controller. Same result. Pulled the drive, jumpered it to run in SE mode, and viola, it worked: 3.1-RELEASE installed and the system is very, very fast. I'll check -STABLE to see if it improves the situation, and try it again in LVD mode. If I can't get max throughput on the drive for now, that's okay, too. -joshua --- Joshua Ellis - Kimberly-Clark Internet/Intranet/Notes Services email: ellis@kcc.com * phone: 920/721-2779 * fax: 920/721-6180 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message