Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 06:08:21 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> To: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Cc: dennis@et.htp.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Message-ID: <199507120408.GAA16887@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <536.805491837@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at Jul 11, 95 08:43:57 pm
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> > In message <199507111349.JAA06628@mail.htp.com>, dennis writes: > >>I tried to install 2.0.5 on a Conner 1GB drive about 2 weeks ago. I > >>encountered a very strange problem which eventually caused me to return the > >>drive. > > >I have a conner CFP1060S installed in 2.0.5 with an adaptec 1542CF. I've > >been using it as my main installation server for several weeks without a > >problem. > > There is a problem with some Conner CFP1060S SCSI drives, which I can > verify, that causes problems with the SCSI code present in FreeBSD > versions >=2.0. It seems that some of the microcode ROM revisions > can't handle ``large'' transfers of data, and hang the drive & bus > instead. > > Gary > That is true. Conner do have a firmware update for them. I am using that and have no problems anymore. -- John Hay -- jhay@mikom.csir.co.za
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