Adaptec AHA-2940

[Andy Kennedy]

I'm not a RedHat user, but is there suppose to be a '-' in 'alias
scsi-hostadapter aic7xxx'?

If not, that could be the problem.

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-aic7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-aic7xxx at FreeBSD.ORG]On
> Behalf Of Ibarra, Amando
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 7:00 AM
> To: 'aic7xxx at freebsd.org'
> Subject: Adaptec AHA-2940
>
>
> I have an Adaptec AHA-2940 host adapter to connect a 2gb disk drive.
>
>  I'm seeing
>
>  scsi : 0 hosts.
>  scsi : detected total.
>
>  when it boots.
>
> The 1st time I installed the scsi card on the system ; the
> system detected
> without
> any problem and I was abled to go to the scsiSelect option
> and format the
> drive
> with no problem. Linux OS prompt if I wanted to configure the
> scsi card and
> I said OK.
>
> In the /etc/conf.modules files there is an entry for the dirver
>  'alias scsi-hostadapter aic7xxx'
>
> When I run the ' fdisk /dev/sda ' , It does nothing it just
> sit there until
> abort the with CTRL/Z
>
> If I run the ' fdisk /dev/sga ' and then abort it with CTRL/Z and
> then
>
> run the ' fdisk /dev/sda ' again it 'fdisk' works and I'm
> abled partiton
> disk drive without problem
> >From here I'm lost don't know what to do next.
>
> In Solaris I normally run format utility and selecl disk
> drive, partition
> the drive and label it
> each partition. After the 'format'  i run the ' newfs ' to
> get the partition
> ready to mount.
>
> In Linux I don't know what to do after the fdisk.
>
> I know I have something wrong with the driver but I don't
> know what I need
> to fix this problem
>
> At boot time the the information that it is sent to the
> console about the
> Adaptec card
> is :     AHA-2940 Bios V1.23
>
>
> Amando A. Ibarra
> LAN Administrator
> 713.561.4314
> FAX:  713.561.1314
> mailto:aibarra at bindview.com
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>
>
>
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