Date: 15 Feb 1995 13:34:10 -0500 From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Subject: Re: Waiting for SCSI devices to settle? Message-ID: <3hthf2$s6c@ivory.lm.com> References: <9502151120.aa13247@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk>
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In article <9502151120.aa13247@kate.ibmpcug.co.uk>, <jake@ibmPCUG.CO.UK> wrote: >system hanging after it finds the pci hardware and scsi controller, and says >"Waiting for SCSI devices to settle" after 5 secs or so the >Adaptec controller light stays permanently on, which I am told is a bad sign. >The system hangs like that indefinitely, (well I waited 30 mins anyway:-). > >Yet, sometimes, it boots ok and there is only a 2-3 sec gap after the Waiting >For message; the drive is found as sd0 and the splendour of FreeBSD awaits >usage. This sounds like a classic example of a SCSI termination problem. Quadruple-check to make sure everything that should be terminated is and that nothing that shouldn't be terminated isn't. You also might want to try: 1) bumping down the transfer rate on the scsi bus. 2) Turning off sync negotiation if it is currently enabled. Good luck. -- ...................................................................... Peter G. Berger, Esq. Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh Internet: peterb@telerama.lm.com Phone: 412/481-3505 Fax: 412/481-8568 http://www.lm.com/~peterb
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