Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:08:16 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, rivers@lakes.dignus.com Subject: AHA 2940UW vs AHA 2940U2W? Message-ID: <199911161608.LAA02989@lakes.dignus.com>
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It was suggested I ask a question here (although I'm not subscribed - so please leave my reply address in any e-mails.) My situation is that I'm putting together a new machine, using an ASUS P2B-DS. This motherboard has a aha2940u2w on-board (and, I understand it's an identical chip set.) Now - I've got this brand-spankin' new Sony CRX140S SCSI CD-RW. I've plugged it into a machine running FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE and an aha2940uw (note - not u2w - just uw.) It was able read the 3.3-RELEASE CD without any problems. But - when I try and use this CD-RW with this aha2940u2w, I get - well - weirdness. I can boot from the CD just fine, the kernel loads up - no mysterious messages, etc... Then, I get to reading the CD to do the extraction of /bin, a few files work, then I get a lot of cpio "skipping Junk" messages (indicating the CD isn't being read correctly.) I've verified that my SCSI termination is correct - I've even tried many permutations of the possibilities to ensure it's not something I'm missing. Some people have asked if it's possible there's an interaction between the aha2940u2w and this new CD-RW drive... since it works fine on the aha2940uw. The drive is so new, there are no firmware updates at SONY's web site (the manual is even dated Oct. 1999... ) Any suggestions to help resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated. - Thanks - - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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