From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 5 11:17:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA02257 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:17:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from federation.addy.com (federation.addy.com [207.239.68.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA02209 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:17:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsdlist@federation.addy.com) Received: from localhost (fbsdlist@localhost) by federation.addy.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA24112; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 14:17:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 14:17:16 -0500 (EST) From: Cliff Addy To: "Paul T. Root" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding an Adaptec 1510A In-Reply-To: <199801051904.NAA26106@horton.iaces.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Paul T. Root wrote: > In a previous message, Cliff Addy said: > > I have a system running an Adaptec 2940. I'd like to add an Epson scanner > > that needs an external SCSI2 interface. It comes with an Adaptec 1510A > > card. However, when the machine boots up, I get the messages from the > > 2940 and it identifies its devices, but I never see anything from the 1510 > > card. Shouldn't it also ID itself and the scanner? Is there something > > special to make the cards coexist? I've tried to make sure that the > > interrupt does not conflict with anything else. > > What's the matter with putting the scanner on the 2940? You can't use all three busses simultaneously. The internal fast/wide and SCSI2 busses already have devices on them. Besides, the external connector on the 2940 is SCSI3, not SCSI2. > I'm not sure the 1510 is supported. Is this a ISA or PCI board? > If it is supported, it's probably the aha or aic controller not the ahc. Well, the board doesn't even appear during bootup, much less once FreeBSD starts.