From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 18 15:57:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from va.com.au (va.com.au [203.15.106.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF18B14D14 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 15:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesse@va.com.au) Received: from [1.1.1.1] (203.108.22.186) by va.com.au with ESMTP (Eudora Internet Mail Server 2.2); Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:24:56 +0930 X-Sender: jesse@mail.va.com.au Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3791FD7E.E51B0308@execpc.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:56:46 +1000 To: Len Huppe From: jesse reynolds Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI card problems with PheonixBIOS p75 board Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, martint@nexus.edu.au Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG So you think that perhaps Digital (Compaq) might have a flashrom upgrade for the bios on this p75 board? And you think it conceivable that this may fix the problem? I guess it is conceivable. I have no interest in running any macrohard operating system on this box. By the way, what is 'symbios'? -jesse At 11:14 -0500 18/07/1999, Len Huppe wrote: >I also had a *lot* of problems with an Adaptec 2940. In my case it was with >Debian Linux and NT. I found over time that the issue was an incompatibility >between the 2940 BIOS and the motherboard BIOS. In my case, I had to fix the >problem by flashing my motherboard with an earlier version of BIOS. That was >because the board is no longer supported by the manufacturer. Since then I've >gotten rid if the 2940 and installed a Symbios-based SCSI controller from a >compnay called Intraserver. The difference between the Intraserver and the >Adaptec is like night and day. > >My instincts tell me that you have the same situation that I had. If you plan >to run a separate M$ system along with your FreeBSD box, the 2940 will run >very >nicely there. The choice is yours. > >Len > > >> Hi >> >> I'm having great trouble booting the FreeBSD 3.2 Installer boot floppy, >> kern.flp, as when it tries to load the driver for the Adaptec AHA-2940UW >> SCSI Host Adaptor it ends up in a very slow loop that never ends: >> >> (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0): scb 0xe - timed out while idle, Lastphase == 0x1, >> SEQADDR == 0x18a >> (probe1:ahc0:0:1:0): queueing a BDR scb >> (probe2:ahc0:0:2:0): queueing a BDR scb >> (probe3:ahc0:0:3:0): queueing a BDR scb >> (probe4:ahc0:0:4:0): queueing a BDR scb >> >> (This is transcribed from the screen) >> >> I have read other people having problems in the past with this combination >> of hardware, in particular with a motherboard with Pheonix BIOS. In my case >> it's a Digital Venturis 575 (a 75MHz pentium board). >> >> I have pretty much exactly the same problem with the Redhat Linux 5.1 that >> is currently installed on the system. When I try and load the adaptec scsi >> kernel module it puts some very similar errors in the message log and only >> goes away by rebooting. Needless to say I have never mounted the new >> Seagate 4Gb drive that's sitting on the other side of the Adaptec 2940. >> >> Are there any new releases of the driver for this hardware? Do they fix >> this problem? >> >> Is it simply that the following three things are incompatable together: ? >> FreeBSD >> Adaptec 2940 >> Pheonix BIOS >> >> Might it be something else? >> >> What can I do about the problem? (It seems from other people's experience >> that I have to either get a different SCSI card or a different motherboard >> or a different OS. I have to say a different OS is probably easier at this >> point, eg SUSE Linux 6.x... lets hope this isn't necessary though. >> >> cheers >> >> jesse >> >> -- >> Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au >> - http://virtual.artists >> >> Mobile: (+61) 0416 158 494 >> Email: jesse (at) va.com.au >> ?: http://jesse.va.com.au >> ICQ: 4766684 >> Timezone: GMT +10:00 Hrs >> >> Virtual Community Engine - http://www.vce.net >> >> huh?: Content Management System & Application Server >> for MacOS Webservers (W*API compatable) >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au - http://virtual.artists Mobile: (+61) 0416 158 494 Email: jesse (at) va.com.au ?: http://jesse.va.com.au ICQ: 4766684 Timezone: GMT +10:00 Hrs Virtual Community Engine - http://www.vce.net huh?: Content Management System & Application Server for MacOS Webservers (W*API compatable) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message