Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:31:35 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <freyes@inch.com> To: "Johan Kruger" <jk@nanoteq.co.za>, "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Adaptec support in kernel Message-ID: <199905131229.IAA20341@arutam.inch.com>
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>I know all about this gotcha. >There is some quirk with the FreeBSD 2940 driver and your motherboard. >> I have a problem with the Adaptec 2940 AU adapter, it's aic is 7860. >> I know that the aic 7880 works, but i must get this one to work, >> It gives the following error on bootup, and then just stops : >> ahc0: board is not responding Johan, I just had this problem and a look in the archives suggested a conflict between the Adaptec card and the computer. I had a 2940U in another computer which I replaced and worked. Then I installed the 2940AU where I got the 2940U from and it also worked in THAT computer. I recommend you try to get a different controller, preferably either a different model (i.e 2940U) or a different brand all together, like Roger suggested. My search in the archives did not find a single person that got things to work without changing the card after having got the "board not responding" error from their Adaptec. The 2940U I used is over a year old so I don't know if newer 2940Us would work. In case you are not aware the difference between the U and the AU is that the U is an OEM controller, other than that they should be almost identical. I say almost, because I found at least one difference in the SCSI select betweent the two. Good luck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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