Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:48:48 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2842A troubles Message-ID: <19971223184848.54856@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199712240140.TAA28552@nospam.hiwaay.net>; from David Kelly on Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 07:40:54PM -0600 References: <903_9712231954@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> <199712240140.TAA28552@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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David Kelly scribbled this message on Dec 23: > Leif Neland writes: > > Is there a BIOS issue with the Adaptec 2842? I have one of the early > ones, one the prior owner said was run at 50 MHz VL bus speed. Am > pretty sure I'm not trying to run it over 33 MHz. Prior owner said, > "I never could boot the 2842 either." Ain't PC's just dandy? I don't know.. I have a Intel 486dx2/66 with a ahc2842 and I don't have any problems... no ide in the machine... just the ahc2842, an awe, ne2000 compat, and a cirrus logic vlb video card... ahc0: <Adaptec 284X SCSI host adapter> at 0x1c00-0x1cff irq 12 on eisa0 slot 1 ahc0: aic7770 >= Rev E, Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 4/255 SCBs > If FreeBSD discovers the card during probe, has it passed the the bus > master test? I can't hook anything to the 2842 until I get new/more > cables or snag an external HD or tape from another system: I'm not sure... probably though, assuming that you've got responses from a device on the bus... > If I can make the 2842 work in this system (my only VL bus slot) then > the 2940 can go to work in another box. have you tried to pull the 2940 out of the machine, and just kept the 2842 in it?? -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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