From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 15 10:34:01 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA29015 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 10:34:01 -0800 Received: from hudson.lm.com (hudson.lm.com [192.231.221.4]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA29009 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 10:34:00 -0800 Received: (from news@localhost) by hudson.lm.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA16289 for freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 13:34:26 -0500 Path: hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: mail.freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Waiting for SCSI devices to settle? Date: 15 Feb 1995 13:34:10 -0500 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 27 Message-ID: <3hthf2$s6c@ivory.lm.com> References: <9502151120.aa13247@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com Apparently-To: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <9502151120.aa13247@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk>, wrote: >system hanging after it finds the pci hardware and scsi controller, and says >"Waiting for SCSI devices to settle" after 5 secs or so the >Adaptec controller light stays permanently on, which I am told is a bad sign. >The system hangs like that indefinitely, (well I waited 30 mins anyway:-). > >Yet, sometimes, it boots ok and there is only a 2-3 sec gap after the Waiting >For message; the drive is found as sd0 and the splendour of FreeBSD awaits >usage. This sounds like a classic example of a SCSI termination problem. Quadruple-check to make sure everything that should be terminated is and that nothing that shouldn't be terminated isn't. You also might want to try: 1) bumping down the transfer rate on the scsi bus. 2) Turning off sync negotiation if it is currently enabled. Good luck. -- ...................................................................... Peter G. Berger, Esq. Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh Internet: peterb@telerama.lm.com Phone: 412/481-3505 Fax: 412/481-8568 http://www.lm.com/~peterb