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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!nntp.uio.no!news.kth.se!tybalt.admin.kth.se!merope.saaf.se!electra.saaf.se!not-for-mail From: gorhas@electra.saaf.se (G|ran Hasse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Freeze after reboot with 2940U (2.2.1-R) Date: 31 Mar 1997 13:58:33 +0200 Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening Lines: 41 Message-ID: <5ho8t9$53u@electra.saaf.se> References: <5hdh6a$rcq@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> <333C5E68.7C88@gamespot.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: electra.saaf.se Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38447 In article <333C5E68.7C88@gamespot.com>, Ian Kallen <ian@gamespot.com> wrote: >I think it's a bug in the 2940U firmware. I never had any problems with >2940's until using the "U" flavored cards. Did yours work before >installing FreeBSD 2.2.1? I can report the same problem with a 2940AU card. And I am ABSOLUTLY ceratin that the cabling is correct! I have to power down and sometimes even to disconnect the cable(!?). GH > >Markus Meister wrote: >> >> After running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE I can't reboot without >> removing power from the system; if I don't, then during the initial >> detection of my SCSI controller, an Adaptec 2940U, there is a complete >> freeze. I speak here of the detection that happens right after the >> memory check, before any booting process begins. >> It's something like "Adaptec SCSI controller SCSI-Select >> utility; press ctrl-A for setup", which is normally followed >> by the detection of my CDROM and SCSI disk; this is the part that >> never happens if I've just rebooted from FreeBSD without shutting >> the machine off. >> I would appreciate any insights. >> >> Markus > >-- >Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com > Director of Technology & Web Administration > http://www.gamespot.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Göran Hasse gh@saaf.se Tel: +46 8 7730148 Raditex AB http://www.raditex.se Fax: +46 8 7730902 Kungsgatan 71 Minicall: 0740-167443 112 27 STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN