From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 23 18:49:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA03732 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:49:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA03726; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:49:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA15057; Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:48:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19971223184848.54856@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:48:48 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: David Kelly Cc: Leif Neland , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec AHA-2842A troubles References: <903_9712231954@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> <199712240140.TAA28552@nospam.hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199712240140.TAA28552@nospam.hiwaay.net>; from David Kelly on Tue, Dec 23, 1997 at 07:40:54PM -0600 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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: 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