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Re: Adaptec 2940 booting problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Necaise)
Thu Jun 25 09:27:35 1998
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 09:13:01 -0400
From: Michael Necaise <necaise@home.com>
To: Marnik Joosten <mjoosten@connect.be>
CC: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
OK, now I just don't know. The 7870 chip is supported - you shouldn't
need an update.
---michael necaise
Marnik Joosten wrote:
>
> >This may be a trivial suggestion, but....
> >
> >Try reseating the scsi card. I received a computer new from the factory
> >once, which flaked out in a kind of similar fashion; and, I reseated the
> >card and all of the problems went away.
>
> I removed all the cards now and put the adaptec next to the vga card. It
> did not help.
>
> >
> >BTW, make sure you're not using a 2940u2w, based on the ahu7890 chip
> >(the number is clearly visible on the chip). There have been several
> >versions of the "Adaptec 2940" board which have used different chips.
> >This particular chipset (789x) is not yet supported and can be a source
> >trouble (usually though, it doesn't work in the install.)
>
> The chip reads 7870. (Maybe its too old, the bios I mean but its a normal
> eprom so I can't update it)
>
> I'll stick to my old plan to insert a simple IDE cd-rom. And install linux
> without scsi.
> It would be nice if I could load that driver afterwards, if I only knew how.
> I intend to replace the only NT-server at work (The others are AIX) with
> Linux. :-) (At work the server doesn't use an Adaptec, so it's not that
> urgent)
>
> Thanks for the advise.
>
> CU
> Marnik
>
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