From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 22 09:33:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA23252 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:33:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@pluto100.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA23232; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:33:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id KAA04863; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:33:46 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199704221633.KAA04863@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0beta 12/23/96 To: John-David Childs cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 01:18:18 MDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 10:32:15 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I recently purchased a Pentium-Pro 200 (I found back in September that >Jordan made mention of "PPRO 200Mhz and new Intel 82440fx >problems"...which is to a T the system I have), 64MB parity RAM, Adaptec >2940UW SCSI controller, 2 IBM Ultrastar 4.3GB Ultrawide SCSI drives, a Jaz >drive, IDE CD-ROM (why for god's sake I did that instead of a SCSI CD-ROM >I can't figure out ;( etc. for use as a server...and spent all day trying >to get the darn thing working with 2.1.7 FreeBSD! If only I'd read the >archives *before* spending $5000 on a server :( You should try installing from releng22.FreeBSD.org as that has the latest version of the aic7xxx driver which should fix most of your problems. This latest snap is very similar to what is running on wcarchive and should be fairly stable for you needs. If you really want to run a 2.1+ system, you can always CVSup the src tree once you have something where you can perform the build as these changes were committed to the 2.1.0 branch as well. >John-David Childs (JC612) http://www.denver.net Looks like you are in my back yard. >System Administrator jdc@denver.net > & Network Engineer Think, Listen, Look, then ACT! >"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Louis B Mayer -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================