Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 06:47:19 -0500 From: Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> To: aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Returned mail: Service unavailable Message-ID: <398BFEC7.4E16CC54@cfl.rr.com> References: <200008051022.GAA15212@smtp-server.tampabay.rr.com> <398BFD87.8C01E493@cfl.rr.com>
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Mark Hounschell wrote: > > Bob_Tracy wrote: > > > > Mark Hounschell wrote: > > > I'm using a 2930U. Latest aic7xxx driver. I've not had to much > rouble > > > with it. I have a Micro-Star Athlon MB. SuSe 6.4. 4 scsi > disk,tape, > > > and cdrw. I didn't ever see any of your symtoms posted. Probaby > was > > > in a deleteing mode that day. What happens, and when? I don't > know >> what > > > the U2 model is. Mines just a 2930U. > > > > The U2 has an internal/external SE/Ultra bus (50 pin), and an > > internal Ultra-2 bus (68 pin). There's a second AIC on the card > > that provides electrical isolation and switching between the two > > busses (single channel card), and as long as you have only Ultra-2 > > peripherals on the Ultra-2 side of the card, they will run at up to > > 80 MB/s. > > > > As for symptoms of what I'm seeing, the machine will boot both Linux > > and Win95 off the 2930U2 drive zero, but Linux goes into the > infinite > > timeout/reset loop after the sequencer code is downloaded to the > card. > > (Note that the aic7xxx driver correctly identifies the card, but > that's > > as far as it goes). I tried booting FreeBSD 4.1 off the two-floppy > > bootstrap set, and got the same behavior. Today, I plucked the card > > and put it into a different machine, and all is well... Hence, my > > conclusion that it has something to do with my particular > motherboard > > and/or its setup. > > > > Another respondent suggested checking the PnP OS setting in the > > motherboard setup. That might be the catch of the day, because I > > distinctly remember that it's set to "yes" (inappropriately so, I > > gather). > > That's what I hear too but It's never made in difference in anything > in my experience. > > > > > -- > > Bob Tracy > > rct@wlk.com > > You noticed I said that I hadn't had TOO much trouble. I actually have > 2 of the 2930u cards. Home and at work. At home all I have connected > is a 4gb barracuda, exabyte 8500 tape drive and a Yamaha CRW8424 cdrw. > At work a have the same but 3 additional 4gb barracuda's. The exabyte > tape and Yamaha CDRW have been added recently. That's when my problem > started. Almost every time I reboot the machine right after the > sequencer > code is loaded I get messages about a reset because of a time-out from > a test-unit-ready. It usually points to scsi device id=0. Sometimes it > says somthing about trying harder and sometimes it'll succeed in what > ever > it's trying to do. But more often than not it will appear to be in an > endless loop and I have to power down and power back up. That USUALLY > will let it boot on up. > > At home after recently adding the same Yamaha CDRW I find the same > thing > happening to me just not as frequent. > > At work if I remove the exabyte tape and Yamaha I never have this > problem. Once I'm able to get the machine up all works great. > > What kind of devices do you have connected? Do ya have a SCSI CD/RW? > > I've been meaning to gather up all the info relating to my problem > and post it to the list but haven't as yet. Your the first to hear > about it. There is no doubt in my mind that my problem is a driver > problem. Monday, from work I'll right down all the messages I get > and post my problem to the list. > > By the way, When I try to mail to you directly my mail gets returned > as spam??????????? > > regards > > -- > Mark Hounschell > dmarkh@cfl.rr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message It seems even sending mail to the list I get a returned mail message even though it get to it. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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