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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Subject: Re: FIX (?!): BusLogic BT-946C firmware problem
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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:01:26 GMT
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In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.960611044017.2184A-100000-100000@dca.net>, Andrew White <awhite@dca.net> writes:
> In this case, the problem was indeed a "wedged" adapter. Calls to BSDI tech
> support confirmed that there exists a firmware problem with the Buslogic
> (which Buslogic tech support naturally denies). Apparently, the machine
> which hosts BSDI's web site, www.bsdi.com, was switched from a BusLogic PCI
> adapter to an NCR PCI controller because of this same problem!
>
> The "fix" is to replace the SCSI adapter. I decided to upgrade to BSD/OS
> 2.1 and use an Adaptec AHA-2940 PCI adapter, although I could have just as
> easily used one of the many NCR PCI controllers as well.
That's strange - I have a large number of BSD/OS systems, all with BusLogic
controllers (445C, 946C, 958D) and have never seen this problem (the "oper-
ation time exceeds" message) except when a disk drive failed. And I'm doing
a great deal of disk I/O - 3 of the systems are major news servers.
I'd suggest you check your SCSI cables, termination, etc.
Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
+1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)