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From: mikebo@tellabs.com (Mike Borowiec)
Subject: FreeBSD 2.x RELEASE: Adaptec 2742AT vs. Archive Viper problems?
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Organization: Tellabs Operations, Inc., Lisle, IL, USA
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 21:52:45 GMT
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Greetings -
I've been using an Adaptec 1542B controller in a EISA/VESA system for
some time. I've never had a problem with my Archive Viper QIC150 drive
before. Last week I got an Adaptec 2742AT EISA dual-channel SCSI card,
and have been unable to use the QIC150 since. Thinking that the new
and improved 274x driver code in 2.0.5 might solve the problem, I tried
installing 2.0.5. Tape install failed on the same error I get under 2.0R.
DEBUG: Notify: Attempting to extract from SCSI tape drive...
DEBUG: Executing command 'cpio -iBduVm -H tar -I /dev/rst0' (Magic 0)
st0(ahc1:2:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST
st0: Cannot set selected mode
st0: bad request, must be between 0 and 0
cpio: read error: Input/output error
DEBUG: Command 'cpio -iBduVm -H tar -I /dev/rst0' returns status of 1
Can someone answer:
o Are there known problems with the 2742 driver and/or Archive Viper?
o Is the 2.0.5R 2742 driver code much better than 2.0R, or are they
both pretty bad?
o Would I be MUCH better off buying a used Adaptec 1742?
Any help or comments are much appreciated...
- Mike
PS> I've read the "is a known rogue" messages a thousand times on boot
up but never understood why is was considered a "rogue". Mine has
always worked flawlessly... Anyone?
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mikebo@TELLABS.COM 1000 Remington Blvd. MS109
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