Re: [TCLUG:10409] Other Adaptec 2940 issues

[Adam Maloney <root@bilbo.intexp.com>]

I had this problem on another system as well.  Without SMP support, just a
plain jane installation.  I got the exact same error messages.

I couldn't figure it out, so I switched to a Tekram card that I had laying
about as a spare.  I did notice some interesting text in the
README.aic7xxx (in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi) that mentions SCSI
timeouts and resets.  Apparently there are a few things you can do, by
adding parameters to the driver.  RTFM for the details though.

Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.
(612) 922-3126


On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Andrew S. Zbikowski wrote:

> I seem to be having similer problems with my Adaptec card under linux,
> except I'm not using SMP.
> 
> The error goes something like this:
> Nov 23 00:44:16 longshot kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
> : pid 23, scsi0, channel 0, id 15, lun 0 Read (6) 00 00 41 02 00 
> Nov 23 00:44:54 longshot kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout
> : pid 103, scsi0, channel 0, id 15, lun 0 Write (6) 00 00 41 02 00 
> 
> The card is an Adaptec 2940u2w, the drive is an IBM Ultrastar Model
> 76H2687 (4.5 GB)
> 
> The hard drive is the only scsi device, it's running on the Ultra SCSI
> connector with the ultra SCSI cable included in the Adaptec kit. Kernel
> 2.2.13, using the aic7xxx driver (compiled in, no modules)
> 
> The drive seems to work fine under windows as I partitioned and formated
> it using Partition Magic without incident. If anyone has any ideas I'd
> love to hear them, because I really want to get linux off my 5000rpm
> drive and on to the nice fast scsi drive. =)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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