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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!194.77.0.15!news.gtn.com!klemm.gtn.com!not-for-mail From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Freeze after reboot with 2940U (2.2.1-R) Date: 28 Mar 1997 17:18:40 GMT Organization: private site powered by FreeBSD, see http://www.freebsd.org/ Lines: 24 Message-ID: <5hguhg$2sn$2@klemm.gtn.com> References: <5hdh6a$rcq@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: klemm.gtn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 To: meister@cs.ubc.ca (Markus Meister) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38018 [Posted and mailed] In article <5hdh6a$rcq@cascade.cs.ubc.ca>, meister@cs.ubc.ca (Markus Meister) writes: > After running FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE I can't reboot without > removing power from the system; if I don't, then during the initial > detection of my SCSI controller, an Adaptec 2940U, there is a complete > freeze. I speak here of the detection that happens right after the > memory check, before any booting process begins. > It's something like "Adaptec SCSI controller SCSI-Select > utility; press ctrl-A for setup", which is normally followed > by the detection of my CDROM and SCSI disk; this is the part that > never happens if I've just rebooted from FreeBSD without shutting > the machine off. > I would appreciate any insights. You could try to configure in the adaptec controller bios, to send the SCSI drive at SCSI ID0 a startunit command !? -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<