Re: Adaptec 2940 SCSI
On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:04:21 PDT Robert DeLine (rdeline@grci.com)
wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian 1.3 on a Gateway 2000 with 2 2 Gig SCSI Hard
> drives, a Toshiba SCSI CD hooked up to an Adaptec 2940 SCSI adaptor.
FYI, I use an Adaptec 2940UW with 3 devices connected to it (Wide
disk, cd-rom and tape) without any problem.
> I occasionally get the setup menus to come up, but then drive 2 (which is
> the drive I want to install on) is not visibale.
>
> Most of the time, I get alot of timeout type errors in the initial boot
> screens indicating problems with the SCSI bus. I have tried to enable and
> disable the disconnects on the SCSI adaptor, and use the boot option
> asc7xxx=no_reset with absolutly no success.
Are you sure about SCSI termination and SCSI cables ? 2940 is known
to be overly sensitive to bad cables and/or bad terminations.
Phil.
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