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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!news.bawue.de!luva.lb.bawue.de!luva.lb.bawue.de!not-for-mail From: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1 problems Date: 27 Nov 1995 20:58:24 +0100 Organization: private BSD/OS site Lines: 23 Message-ID: <49d590$m37@luva.lb.bawue.de> References: <48sc17$560@interport.net> <DIECuz.9oz@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: luva.lb.bawue.de In article <DIECuz.9oz@ritz.mordor.com>, Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: >David Tay (davidtay@interport.net) wrote: >: I just tried to install 2.1. The boot disk looks very polished. However, >: when I tried to prepare my disk (Quantum 4 gig) with a new file system, >: the system chokes, a "kernel panic" and my system restarts. > >: If anyone has similar problems, I'd like to hear about it. My system is a >: 486/120 with 40mb RAM, adaptec 2940 and Quantum GrandPrix 4 gig. Could be the 8 Mbit problem: we had to lower the tranfer rate between AHA2940 and our GrandPrix from 10 to 8 Mbit. It seems a known problem (alas, I didn't hear it as I wouldn't have chosed to buy a GrandPrix...). It has to do with some SCSI commands returned to quick for the con- troller to be acknowledged and the controller then waiting for eter- nity for the commands already issued by the hard drive. I believe newer GrandPrix don't behave so any more. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can tell more... -- Michael Giegerich, E-Mail: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de, Voice: +49 7144 39337