Adaptec AHA-2940

[Gregory Hosler]

On 24-Oct-00 Andy Kennedy wrote:
> I'm not a RedHat user, but is there suppose to be a '-' in 'alias
> scsi-hostadapter aic7xxx'?

it should be an underscore, not a dash.

-Greg

> 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
>> Bindview Corporation
>> http://www.bindview.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <gregory.hosler at eno.ericsson.se>
Date: 25-Oct-00
Time: 11:48:23

        If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed...
             ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does.

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