Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:36:56 -0500 (CDT) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org> To: greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec 3940*A*UW Does NOT Work? Message-ID: <199809212236.RAA13201@iworks.interworks.org>
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> > 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. Or it could be that the 3940AUW is based on the 7890 chipset (newer 3940s are based on this chipset) and are not supported by FreeBSD unless you're running CAM (only found in -current). Dan Eischen deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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