Re: adaptec 2940u2w hangs on external disks

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From
Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Date
5 Mar 1999 12:27:48
Subject
Re: adaptec 2940u2w hangs on external disks
Message-ID
199903052001.VAA01199@yedi.iaf.nl


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As Doug Ambrisko wrote...
> Andy Doran writes:
> | I believe that this is an issue with CAM. I have a bunch of DEC RZ25 disks
> | here which work fine with ULTRIX, NetBSD and Linux on several different
> | machines. After upgrading from FreeBSD-2.2.6 to 3.0 (and -current)
> | the system hangs on boot whenever an RZ25 is hooked up. This is with a
> | crappy 'ol Adaptec 1542CP controller.
>
> Most DEC drives as shipped with DEC system do not spin up on power up
> (for sure not in the era of the RZ25). I recall that some DEC drives
> had a jumper to select spin up on power up but I don't think all of them

RZ25 has a spinup jumper. Remove jumper 8 on J6 (for reference,
jumper 5 & 7 should be left in) for spinup on powerup.

> did. I think they was also a mode page switch. I also recall that the

Yes, a vendor unique mode page setting.

> 1542 BIOS had options to send the command to spin up on power up.

Not all 1542, the 1542C can do it, the older ones don't IRRC.

Wilko
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