Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 20:07:06 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Adaptec 29160 and 4.1/4.1.1 Message-ID: <200010190307.UAA25665@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org>
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I have spent a fair amount of time trying to use this card. I am still
experiencing problems and I thought I would relay my experiences in
the possible hope of getting someone more knowledgable than me to tell
me how to proceed with this card.
The motherboard I used was a ASUS P3V4X (using the VIA APOLLO 133 4X
chipset I believe). On the adaptec 29160 was a 9GB 10K IBM LVD drive.
I tried to initially boot using 4.1.1 floppies. Everything appeared
to install ok, but when I tried to boot off the freshly installed disk
it came back with:
F1 FreeBSD
Default: F1
and then proceeded to beep everytime I hit <enter> (or if it times out
to boot anyway).
I rebooted using floppy and checked the FDISK screen. The slice was
tagged as bootable even though I had tagged it this way earlier upon
initial install. I retagged it as bootable and attempted to
reboot. Same result as above.
Next, I tried the install process from the 4.1 CD. Same result as
above. I popped in a trusty old adaptec 2940UW, and retried the
install. This time it worked flawlessly. So, armed with a bootable
SCSI disk, I then placed the drive on a 29160 and tried to boot
it. This did not work, same symptoms as before.
I scanned the archives for some time reading up on what others had
experienced. I tried:
-Every sensical combination of configuration options on the card
-Turning off the BIOS of the 29160
-Using the slower SCSI bus
-Slowing down the disk transfer rate.
None of these worked.
Does anyone here recognize any of these symptoms and know of a fix or
something else to try? I really hate being told "29160s are the best
you can get and they don't make 2940s anymore" and then not being able
to get it to work with my favorite OS.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org
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