From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Nov 16 17:42:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80E6C14E2D for ; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 17:42:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA27520; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:42:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA16022; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:42:37 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.3/8.6.9) id UAA00416; Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:42:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 20:42:37 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199911170142.UAA00416@lakes.dignus.com> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net, jim@nasby.net Subject: Re: Panics & bad reads from 3.3-RELEASE install with aha2940u2w.... Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, rivers@dignus.com In-Reply-To: <199911170132.TAA16958@nospam.hiwaay.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > "Jim C. Nasby" writes: > > FWIW, the SCSI chipset on the P2B-DS is an aha7890; I assume it's the > > same on the -S. Also FWIW, I had no trouble doing an FTP install on > > a P2B-DS with different versions of FBSD and different drives. > > I have a P2B-S, not -DS, and its functions have been perfect. Wonder > what I did with my 3.3-RELEASE CD's? My P2B-S has been a sacrificial > experiment machine that I can wipe as needed. And I've been meaning to > resize its partitions. > > What I haven't done is put SCSI CD's on the thing. It has two 7200 RPM > 9G IBM 1" high UW drives on it and the non-LVD SCSI cable. Nothing is > connected to the narrow SCSI connector on the MB. > I have given up on a CD install... At this point; I have a P2B with a "real" AHA2940U2W - and a nice Yamaha CD-RW. If you succeed in a 3.3-INSTALL with that, I'd be really interested in knowing - perhaps it's just my CD that's bad, and a different 3.3-RELEASE CD wouldn't have the problem.... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message