From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 00:06:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA07378 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 00:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pancake.remcomp.fr (root@pancake.remcomp.fr [194.51.30.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA07372 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 00:06:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aida (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aida (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA00525; Sun, 7 Apr 1996 09:05:06 +0200 Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 09:05:06 +0200 (MET DST) From: didier@aida.org To: Marco Masotti cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mc7953@mclink.it Subject: Re: Asus PVI486SP3 and Adaptec 2940 compatibility In-Reply-To: <316810C3.41C67EA6@mclink.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 7 Apr 1996, Marco Masotti wrote: > I have problems in getting an Asus PVI486SP3 working with a 2940 > controller. The Ide on board controller has been disabled, the video > card is CL 5430, ram is 16 Mb, disk is IBM 1.080 Gbyte, CD drive Sun (2X > standard). > > FreeBSD is 2.1 release. I'm running FreeBSD a 2940 without any problems. FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE processor: AMD 5x86-133 ADZ overclocked to 160Mhz chipset: SiS 496/496 Release B DRAM Speed: 70ns cache ram speed: 15ns Bios: Award Version 3.04 upgradable (http://asustek.asus.com.tw) IDE: disabled power managment: disabled scsi: AHA2940 bios 1.11 chipset features ---------------- Auto configuration: disabled Cache burst read cycle: 3-2-2-2 cache write cycle: 2 DRAM speed: fastest DRAM CAS precharge time: 2 CCLK DRAM Write Cycle Post: 1 WS DRAM Write CAS Pulse: 1 CCLK ISA BUS CLK CCLK/4 CPU internal cache: Write Back External cache: Write Back the other parameters of this page are the default parameters. FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE #5: Fri Apr 5 20:55:12 MET DST 1996 root@aida.aida.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/AIDA CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x4f4 real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) avail memory = 31330304 (30596K bytes) Probing for devices on PCI bus 0: chip0 rev 49 on pci0:5 vga0 rev 0 on pci0:11 ahc0 rev 3 int a irq 11 on pci0:12 ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle ahc0: target 1 Tagged Queuing Device (ahc0:1:0): "SEAGATE ST31200N 8648" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ahc0:1:0): Direct-Access 1006MB (2061108 512 byte sectors) (ahc0:2:0): "QUANTUM MAVERICK 540S 0901" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 516MB (1057758 512 byte sectors) (ahc0:3:0): "TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3401TA 3593" type 5 removable SCSI 2 cd0(ahc0:3:0): CD-ROM cd present.[23062 x 2048 byte records] ahc0:A:6: refuses syncronous negotiation. Using asyncronous transfers (ahc0:6:0): "IOMEGA ZIP 100 L.27" type 0 removable SCSI 2 sd2(ahc0:6:0): Direct-Access sd2(ahc0:6:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:24,0 Invalid field in CDB sd2 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry 96MB (196608 512 byte sectors) Probing for devices on the ISA bus: sc0 at 0x60-0x6f irq 1 on motherboard sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x0> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa fdc0: NEC 72065B fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in npx0 on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface > > The problem is when accessing the CD drive, basically invalid data > format found when reading, with premature end of gizip'd files. > I've already had some problem with the cdrom but the problem came from incompatibility of the IBM hard disks with the others SCSI peripherals after 3 month of fight with IBM I have been refunded for the hard disk. I bought a new one (quantum) and all my problems vanished! I hope that these informations will help you to resolve your problem. -- Didier Derny | Microsoft Free Computer. | AM586-160 ASUS PVI 486SP3 didier@aida.org | Private FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE site. | aha2940 / 1Gb HAWK