From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 3 05:55:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA12426 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 05:55:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unicorn.uk1.vbc.net (unicorn.uk1.vbc.net [204.137.194.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA12420 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 05:55:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gordon@localhost) by unicorn.uk1.vbc.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA19502; Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:55:48 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:55:47 +0100 (BST) From: Gordon Henderson X-Sender: gordon@unicorn To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Adaptec 2940 anyone? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm having lots of problems here .... Very odd ... I built a system with an old Adaptec ISA board - over ethernet and it was fine. I plug in an Adaptec 2940 and it just won't boot. Sits there saying "No operating system" (or something). When I try a rebuild from scratch, it freezes when doing the newfs part of the installation. Sometimes on the first disk, sometimes on the others. System config is: Asus montherboard, 48MB RAM, DX4/100, 256K cache, PCI based video card, 3c590 ethernet card and either a crappy old ISA based Adaptec card or the 2940 PCI card. 3 drives, 2 x 1GB Seagate Medalists and a 4GB Micropolis. (Theres terminating resistors on the micropolis, termination is disabled on the other 2 drives). I'm loading a 2.2 snapshot version (960501-SNAP) so I can use the 3c590 ethernet card and it works a treat with the crappy old ISP Adaptec card and doesn't work at all with the new one )-: Any insight to this problem? I've tried 2 different 2940's too, so I don't think that there is a board problem... Gordon