On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 12:02:19PM -0500, Jonathan Fuerth wrote:
> >> Whenever I attach my Quantum AtlasIV (SCSI) 9.1GB drive, my system
> >> freezes during the hardware detection process (just as it detects the
> >> drive).
> >> Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there a known workaround?
> > What SCSI controller do you have ?
> > Is the drive internal or external ? Are you sure cables and terminators
> > are correct ?
> It's an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI<->PCI host adapter.  My AtlasIV is the
> internal scsi ultra wide model.
> ...
> I posted this to gnats (kern/11346) when 1.5_BETA was out.. but never
> heard from anyone about the issue.  The symptoms haven't changed under
> the formal 1.5 release.

I have a similar problem. I posted this to gnats (port-i386/6552) and
also would like to know how to fix this. My hardware is the same Apaptec
2940UW controller, with a wide drive on one cable, and 2 CDROMS and a
Jaz drive on the other cable. The problem occurs even with one or both
cables removed.

I was able to get some diagnostics by booting to an IDE drive (where I
had installed 1.5 without the SCSI controller), and then viewing the
kernel messages as the system tried to probe the Adaptec.

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Marvin the Paranoid Android says:
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