Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 02:41:55 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: David Bushong <david@bushong.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AIC7892 / Adaptec 29160 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009040240390.21487-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000903153208.V19901@bushong.net>
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On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, David Bushong wrote: >I had the exact same problem with the exact same motherboard. I finally >gave up at stuck a Tekram DC-390U3 in the box and it's worked like a charm. >Obviously, this is not the answer you wanted (I was on a deadline). Also, >sadly, I didn't realize that there are two different shapes of 64-bit PCI >slots and the 370DL3 only has one shape and the Tekram is the other, so I >had to use it as a 32-bit card.. You can find my posts and pondering about >possible explanations with a search on either freebsd-scsi or freebsd-stable.. >don't remember which. That's not good news at all for a $500 motherboard or $200 64-bit PCI SCSI controller. I've seen plenty of posts in the archives from people with working 29160s. There's has got to be a fix to my problem. Hopefully somebody out there has an idea. >On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 06:09:04PM -0400, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: >> I've been having a devil of a time installing 4.1-RELEASE on a machine >> with a Supermicro 370DL3. The machine has a built in AIC7892 Ultra160 >> SCSI controller. I've tried LVD, UW, and narrow drives on all three >> connectors along with different cables and different drives. No >> combination will be successful. The install always picks a random point >> during the install of the bin dist to hang. Sometimes if I wait around >> long enough I will get a panic with SCB errors. To make sure the >> problem wasn't the SCSI controller I stuck an Adaptec 29160 in one of >> the 64-bit PCI slots and hooked the drive to that, turning the onboard >> SCSI controller off in the BIOS. I still receive the same behavior from >> sysinstall. This leads me to believe it is an issue related to 29160 >> support in 4.1-RELEASE. I don't have any Ultra160 capable drives but >> I've tried LVD 80, UW 40, and UN 20 drives on the appropriate >> connectors. Does anybody. anywhere have any advice on how to get >> FreeBSD installed on this machine and then how to make sure it's not >> going to crash in the future? My problem appears very similiar to this >> one found in the archives but not followed up on: >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1702308+1705755+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-questions/20000319.freebsd-questions >> >> Brandon D. Valentine >> -- >> bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu >> "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > Brandon D. Valentine -- bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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