Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:51:02 +0000 From: Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com> To: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, rivers@lakes.dignus.com Subject: Re: AHA 2940UW vs AHA 2940U2W? Message-ID: <19991116165102.A77421@chuggalug.clues.com> In-Reply-To: <199911161608.LAA02989@lakes.dignus.com>; from Thomas David Rivers on Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:08:16AM -0500 References: <199911161608.LAA02989@lakes.dignus.com>
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On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 11:08:16AM -0500, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > It was suggested I ask a question here (although I'm not > subscribed - so please leave my reply address in any e-mails.) > > My situation is that I'm putting together a new machine, > using an ASUS P2B-DS. This motherboard has a aha2940u2w > on-board (and, I understand it's an identical chip set.) > > Now - I've got this brand-spankin' new Sony CRX140S SCSI > CD-RW. I've plugged it into a machine running FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE > and an aha2940uw (note - not u2w - just uw.) It was able > read the 3.3-RELEASE CD without any problems. > > But - when I try and use this CD-RW with this aha2940u2w, > I get - well - weirdness. I can boot from the CD just fine, > the kernel loads up - no mysterious messages, etc... > > Then, I get to reading the CD to do the extraction of /bin, > a few files work, then I get a lot of cpio "skipping Junk" > messages (indicating the CD isn't being read correctly.) > > I've verified that my SCSI termination is correct - I've even > tried many permutations of the possibilities to ensure it's not > something I'm missing. > From my experiance of 'on-board' adaptec u2w controllers you generally get three connectors, a Narrow 50pin, a UW 68 pin HD and and and U2W 68pinHD. I have seen problems in the past when people have tried to use all three, do you have any additional scsi devices? If so how are they connected? -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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