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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Jared Proudfoot <jaredp@direct.ca>
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Subject: Re: SCSI Problems
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On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Jared Proudfoot wrote:

> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I've been looking through the mailing list archives and I've noticed that
> a lot of people have been experiencing the damn SCSI problems that I have
> been having recently.
> 
> I'm currently running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE on a P166 with 128MB RAM, an
> Adaptec 2940 UW controller, 2 Quantam Atlases, 1 Quantam Grand Prix and an
> IDE Quantum Sirocco.

  You should probably upgrade to 2.2.2

  The errors, look really familar.  Is sd1 the Grand Prix?  Is it
always sd1?

  I found the Grand Prix to be very unreliable.  So if sd1 is the Grand
Prix, and sd1 is always the cause, rip it out.

  Also, 2.2.2-stable is better able to handle recovery.  The drive still
times out, and the system will freeze for a couple for seconds, and
continue on.

Tom