Re: SCSI problem - Adaptec AHA-2940UW adapter in Compac Professional Workstation AP200

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On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 11:10:55AM -0800, Johnny Smith wrote:
> Hi James, 
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> I do have a 'bootable' SCSI hard drive. 
> Do I have to install/upgrade the SCSI bios ?

Probably not. The Linux driver downloads its own microcode into the
HA, so you are probably OK. I have a 2940U (dang near the same thing)
and have never upgraded its bios.

First, is the kernel detecting the thing properly. Run "less
/proc/pci" and you should see something like:

  Bus  0, device  13, function  0:
    SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 1).
      IRQ 11.
      Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=4.Max Lat=4.
      I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed800000 [0xed800fff].

The computer's BIOS is finding it, or you wouldn't have the SCSI BIOS
'not installed' message. This means the firmware on the HA didn't find
your hard drive, which suggests a termination or addressing issue.

To check this, reboot and go into the firmware on the HA as you
boot. Unless a previous user has turned off the option, you should get
a message from the BIOS at boot time indicating which key to press to
get in. I think it's F1, but I'm not sure.

In the firmware, you should see a menu to test hard drives. Try
that. NB: The test is DESTRUCTIVE, so do NOT actually perform it! But
you should get a menu of all the hard drives the HA finds. If you
don't see all your hard drives, I would suspect either a termination
problem or a SCSI addressing problem.

I recommend you turn off auto termination and do it manually. It's
very simple. The HA's manual should tell you how to do it.

> 
> How ?  Where to get it?
> 
> Many thanks again for your assistance
> 
> Johnny
> 
> 
> --- James Kosin <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear Johnny,
> 
> 
> > The SCSI BIOS 'not installed' message is OK. 
> 
> 
> > The SCSI BIOS is only needed
> > if you have a bootalbe hard drive on the SCSI bus.
> 
> 
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