Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 21:37:35 -0700 From: Steve Caine <shc@cfg.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 2940 Can't Find Disks After Rebooting Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19970517213735.3d0f8af0@mail.cfg.com>
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I've just installed a copy of 2.2.1-Release which runs fine. However, I
can't reboot it without first turning power off & back on. System:
166 MHZ Pentium
Award Bios V4.51P6 with V1.0A Plug & Play Extensions
Adaptec 2940A Ultra SCSI (AHA-2940AU Bios V1.21)
Two Quantum Fireball 2.02 GB disks
Toshiba ATAPI CDROM (I know; I ordered a SCSI CDROM but this is
what came)
When booting after power-on, the Adaptec finds the 2 disks, the boot
manager runs & starts the FreeBSD boot, FreeBSD comes up & all is well.
On the next boot attempt, however, the Adaptec gives the "Press ^A to
run utilities" message, waits for about 60 seconds, and says "Timeout
failure during SCSI Inquiry Command" -- it doesn't find either of the
disks.
If I turn power off & back on, the Adaptec finds the disks & the whole
boot is successful.
I've installed other FreeBSD's (2.1.5-R's) on machines with Ami Bios with no trouble, so I suspect either I've got the Adaptec misconfigured or there
is a problem with the Award Bios & the FreeBSD drivers.
I've searched the mailing list archives but don't see anything applicable.
Thanks in advance for any ideas, pointers, etc.
Steve.
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