Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:54:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 3940*A*UW Does NOT Work? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211354270.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000701bddf06$848be380$380051c2@Greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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On Sun, 13 Sep 1998, Greg Quinlan wrote: > Basically I need to know why the: > > Adaptec 3940UW - works > & > Adaptec 3940AUW - Does NOT work. > > The 3940UW Dual channel controller works fine. It is detected by > FreeBSD and runs happy, but something Adaptec have done with the > 3940AUW means that it is not detected and if you try and fool it by > installing first using the 3940UW then change to the 3940AUW it begins > to boot but can not mount the root file system, and PANICS. > > Does anyone know what the solution is? Ditch the A -- it's an el-cheapo version of the 3940, with a puny number of SCBs. The performance hit isn't worth the savings. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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