The jumpers aren't set right.  If they aren't set right FreeBSD will 
recognize the card at boot, but it won't be able to probe it at all.

At 01:59 PM 7/8/00 -0500, Robert Small wrote:
>Damon Hammis wrote:
>
> > The jumpers are set wrong on the card.  I had the exact same problem with
> > an aha-1542 and aha-1540 card recently.  The docs on the jumpers that you
> > can get on Adaptec's site are kind of cryptic, but the card will work once
> > you get the jumpers placed correctly.
> >
> > Currently I have mine running at irq 9, drq 5 and my jumpers are setup
> > like this:
> >
> > J5 pin 8 jumpered pin 9 the jumper is on one pin
> > J9 pins 2, 6, and 9 are jumpered.
> >
> > I have that configuration running on two systems now working great.  Let
> > me know how it goes for ya.
> >
> > --Damon
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Robert Small wrote:
> >
> > > I installed an Adaptec AHA-1542 controller in my system tonight, and
> > > hooked up a Sony SDT-5000 tape drive.
> > >
> > > When I try to boot into FreeBSD (5.0-20000511-CURRENT FreeBSD
> > > 5.0-20000511-CURRENT #4: Thu Jul 6 20:31:41 CDT 2000) I receive:
> > >
> > > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle down
> > > (approximately 30-45 seconds later)
> > > (Probe0:aha0:0:0:0) CCB 0xc782c508
> > > (Probe0:aha0:0:0:0) CCB 0xc782c508
> > > aha0: aha_cmd: Timeout waiting for adapter idle
> > > ahainitmboxes: Initialization command failed
> > > aha0 no longer in timeout
> > > (Probe6:aha0:0:6:0) CCB 0xc782c508
> > > (Probe6:aha0:0:6:0) CCB 0xc782c508
> > > aha0: aha_cmd: Timeout waiting for adapter idle
> > > ahainitmboxes: Initialization command failed
> > > aha0 no longer in timeout
> > >
> > > And it keeps repeating.  I had to remove the card to boot into FreeBSD.
> > > The card recognizes the tape drive.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Does killing time damage eternity?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>
>Ok after further investigation, I can get the system to recognize the card,
>
>aha0 at port-0x130-0x133 irq 9 drq 5 on isa0
>aha0: AHA-1542CF FW Rev. F.0 (ID=45) SCSI Host Adapter, SCSI ID 7, 16 CCBs
>
>but when it does, I get all of these errors
>
>  Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle down
>  (approximately 30-45 seconds later)
>  (Probe0:aha0:0:0:0) CCB 0xc782c508
>  (Probe0:aha0:0:0:0) CCB 0xc782c508
>  aha0: aha_cmd: Timeout waiting for adapter idle
>  ahainitmboxes: Initialization command failed
>  aha0 no longer in timeout
>  (Probe6:aha0:0:6:0) CCB 0xc782c508
>  (Probe6:aha0:0:6:0) CCB 0xc782c508
>  aha0: aha_cmd: Timeout waiting for adapter idle
>  ahainitmboxes: Initialization command failed
>  aha0 no longer in timeout
>
>and after 30-45 minutes the system will finally get finished probing and give
>
>me a login prompt.
>
>So it's not an IRQ problem, in fact, the only way I can make the system
>boot-up quickly is to make it share an IRQ.  On boot-up, it recognizes and
>lists the tape drive, but when it comes to probing, it's no joy.
>
>Any ideas/suggestions/hints?



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