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I noticed the same thing while installing RedHat 4.2 on a new system.  
The notice was still their even after the installation was complete.

I just assumed it was in regards to the external port and ignored it.

Robin

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On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Matthew Tebbens wrote:

> 
> Hello!
> Just installed an Adaptec 2940 U/UW on my Linux (2.0.32) system.
> I havn't installed ANY harddrives to the scsi bus yet.
> Heres what the kernel says about it:
> 
> <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> at PCI 11 
> Warning - detected auto-termination.  Please verify driver 
> detected settings and use manual termination if necessary. 
> BIOS enabled, IO Port 0x5000, IO Mem 0x80000000, IRQ 11, Revision B 
> Wide Channel, SCSI ID 7, 16/16 SCBs, QFull 16, QMask 0x1f 
> scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 4.1/3.2 
> scsi : 1 host. 
> scsi0: Scanning channel A for devices. 
> scsi : detected total. 
> 
> I assume the Warning will go away when I actually install some scsi
> harddrives...?
> 
> Are there any web sites about aic7xxx and Linux ?
> I'm wondering if there is anything I should configure on the 2940
> to make things work better with Linux...or default settings work the best.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>