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From: mmcg@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Mike McGaughey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: File corruption by OS problem
Date: 11 Oct 96 14:34:42 GMT
Organization: Monash University
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"Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
>Matt Barron wrote:
>>
>> I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.0 on a P90, 32mb RAM, with an Adaptec 2940
>> running the following SCSI peripherials:
>> ID 0 - Seagate ST32550N
>> ID 1 - Conner CFP2105S
>> ID 2 - Seagate ST15230N
>> ID 4 - 9-track SCSI tape drive
>[deleted]
>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?
>(1) Check your termination of your SCSI bus.
>(2-5) Some other good suggestions.
I had a similar problem at one stage; it turned out that my PCI bus
speed settings (which were not causing any obvious problems for DOS and
OS/2) were a little optimistic for FreeBSD. If you haven't done so
already, set them more conservatively and see what happens.
Cheers,
Mike.