Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:14:54 -0500 From: Len Huppe <huppe@execpc.com> To: jesse reynolds <jesse@va.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, martint@nexus.edu.au Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Adaptec AHA-2940UW SCSI card problems with PheonixBIOS p75 board Message-ID: <3791FD7E.E51B0308@execpc.com> References: <v03130307b3b79387e0ac@[1.1.1.1]>
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I also had a *lot* of problems with an Adaptec 2940. In my case it was with Debian Linux and NT. I found over time that the issue was an incompatibility between the 2940 BIOS and the motherboard BIOS. In my case, I had to fix the problem by flashing my motherboard with an earlier version of BIOS. That was because the board is no longer supported by the manufacturer. Since then I've gotten rid if the 2940 and installed a Symbios-based SCSI controller from a compnay called Intraserver. The difference between the Intraserver and the Adaptec is like night and day. My instincts tell me that you have the same situation that I had. If you plan to run a separate M$ system along with your FreeBSD box, the 2940 will run very nicely there. The choice is yours. Len > Hi > > I'm having great trouble booting the FreeBSD 3.2 Installer boot floppy, > kern.flp, as when it tries to load the driver for the Adaptec AHA-2940UW > SCSI Host Adaptor it ends up in a very slow loop that never ends: > > (probe0:ahc0:0:0:0): scb 0xe - timed out while idle, Lastphase == 0x1, > SEQADDR == 0x18a > (probe1:ahc0:0:1:0): queueing a BDR scb > (probe2:ahc0:0:2:0): queueing a BDR scb > (probe3:ahc0:0:3:0): queueing a BDR scb > (probe4:ahc0:0:4:0): queueing a BDR scb > > (This is transcribed from the screen) > > I have read other people having problems in the past with this combination > of hardware, in particular with a motherboard with Pheonix BIOS. In my case > it's a Digital Venturis 575 (a 75MHz pentium board). > > I have pretty much exactly the same problem with the Redhat Linux 5.1 that > is currently installed on the system. When I try and load the adaptec scsi > kernel module it puts some very similar errors in the message log and only > goes away by rebooting. Needless to say I have never mounted the new > Seagate 4Gb drive that's sitting on the other side of the Adaptec 2940. > > Are there any new releases of the driver for this hardware? Do they fix > this problem? > > Is it simply that the following three things are incompatable together: ? > FreeBSD > Adaptec 2940 > Pheonix BIOS > > Might it be something else? > > What can I do about the problem? (It seems from other people's experience > that I have to either get a different SCSI card or a different motherboard > or a different OS. I have to say a different OS is probably easier at this > point, eg SUSE Linux 6.x... lets hope this isn't necessary though. > > cheers > > jesse > > -- > Jesse Reynolds - Virtual Artists Pty Ltd - http://www.va.com.au > - http://virtual.artists > > Mobile: (+61) 0416 158 494 > Email: jesse (at) va.com.au > ?: http://jesse.va.com.au > ICQ: 4766684 > Timezone: GMT +10:00 Hrs > > Virtual Community Engine - http://www.vce.net > > huh?: Content Management System & Application Server > for MacOS Webservers (W*API compatable) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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