Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:11:09 -0700 From: Benson Wong <tummytech@gmail.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to find good/cheap tech support Message-ID: <860807bf0504251111560ae27d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <426D2CE1.5010503@mac.com> References: <6.1.2.0.0.20050424095347.019ab7b0@pop.east.cox.net> <426BEBF7.8010203@mac.com> <6.1.2.0.0.20050424182653.01b33ec0@pop.east.cox.net> <426D2CE1.5010503@mac.com>
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I've actually seen the ATAPI_TIMEOUT problems before, but not with an Adaptec SCSI card. I thought I wrote up about it here: http://www.mostlygeek.com/node/22 but looks like I didn't bother mentioning the ATAPI_TIMEOUT problems. Oops. I think I'll have to update it. First of all, does the system boot in Safe Mode? If it does (mine did), and the solution I found to the ATAPI_TIMEOUT problem was to compile a kernel based on the PAE configuration (without the PAE option). I'm not sure what exactly fixes it but give that a try. My system would hang on ATAPI_TIMEOUT, but booted in Safe Mode. The new kernel has been running stable for weeks, no problems, rock solid. Ben. On 4/25/05, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > ChrisC wrote: > [ ... ] > > In my mind there is always the possibility of a problem being a pebkac but this > > problem only occurs with FreeBSD. The SCSI controller works fine when I load > > RedHat Fedora Core 3 or Windows 2000 Pro. Unfortunately I don't know much about > > FreeBSD to do much trouble shooting myself so I might just have to go with > > another OS on this specific server. > > A system that works is more useful to you than one which doesn't-- maybe that > would be best. > > [ ... ] > > *Ata1-master : FAILURE – ATAPI_IDENTIFY timed out > > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > > -------Dump Card State Ends------- > > (probe29:ahd1:0:15:0) SCB0xe – timed out > > ahd0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset 4 SCBs aborted > > - > > Thanks again for taking time to reply. > > There are people who are a lot more expert than I at interpreting Adaptec card > dumps lurking on these lists, but honestly, there isn't much here to go on. > > My first take would have been to double-check the cabling, and retest the > hardware in another machine. But if the hardware seems to work using another > OS, well, the easy answers are out. I might try disabling your ATA controller > entirely, if you are not using it, to remove the first error message... > > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- blog: http://benzo.tummytoons.com site: http://www.thephpwtf.comhome | help
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