Fw: Hangups with adaptec AHA-2940

[Juergen Rose]

I had a similar problem with a TYAN tahoe motherboard. I could fix it by
using the first PCI-slot for the adaptec controler instead of the second
or third.

	Juergen 

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Robin M. Braun wrote:

> >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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