Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 08:34:18 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: John McLaughlin <John.McLaughlin@Acucobol.IE> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Yet another Adaptec 2940UW problem :( Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970423083418.00a95210@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <199704231135.MAA03501@guinness.acucobol.ie> References: <Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 16:47:42 EDT." <3.0.1.32.19970422164742.00af0c80@sentex.net>
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At 12:35 PM 4/23/97 +0100, John McLaughlin wrote: > >>> We have had a *lot* of difficulty with the former. If the chip >>> says 2940AU, it would be wise to stay away for the moment. This >>> info is from about a month back. Things might have changed. > > > I found that enabling the "Plug and Play SCAM support" in the > > card's BIOS (even if your devices dont necessarily support it), > > helps a lot for that model... > > I tried that on one for a 2.2.1-RELEASE install (I'd always >used 2940's before with much joy), but with no success, so it doesn't >appear to be a general workaround. I replaced it with a Tekram 390U, >which made both the kernel and me happier. I would say avoid, unless >it's been sorted out in the latest snapshot, though it does still >appear to be severly crippled in comparison to previous 2940s. I should have qualified that with "... helps mostly for the situations where at a soft reboot, the card refuses to see the disk drives"... Yeah, we too are giving up on Adeptec. Currently I am experimenting with a ASUS 875... For about $80 Canadian less than the regular Adaptec (I bought it for $160 CDN), I get an Ultra Wide controller, that so far seems very stable. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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