Fw: Hangups with adaptec AHA-2940

[Robin M. Braun]

>Robin M. Braun wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
>
> RMB> I have a Linux system running on a dual Pentium II motheboard
> RMB> (FX chipset) with 128M of memory. I have tried a 2.1.89 kernel
> RMB> but usually run a 2.0.33 kernel. I get periodic SCSI timeouts
> RMB> with the machine becoming unusable. This usually happens if I
> RMB> try to untar a large compressed file.
>
>Do you know the manufacturer of the motherboard?

The motheboard is a Gigabyte GA-686KDX with 440FX chipset and 128M of
ram. The AHA2940 bios version is 1.32

> RMB> My kernel startup message is
> RMB> "aic7xxx=extended,no_reset,ultra,verbose"
>
>Why are you using "no_reset" in this situation?


I will remove the no_reset flag. Seemed a good idea at the time.

Many thanks

Rob



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