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Adaptec 2940 and reboot
Applicable to
S.u.S.E. version: all
Kernel version: 2.0.x
Symptom:
The computer runs under Linux, but it cannot be rebooted. The AHA 2940
is not detected or does not find the connected devices either. Only after a
physical switch off the hardware is reliably detected again.
Solution:
Try with a kernel parameter, that influences the Linux's reboot
behaviour. Possible parameters are:
LILO boot: linux reboot=bios
LILO boot: linux reboot=warm
LILO boot: linux reboot=cold
LILO boot: linux reboot=hard
In some cases (unfortunately not all of them) the parameter
reboot=bios
helps.
If you are using an AHA 2940 (chipset 7861) activating the Adaptecs's
BIOS feature
Plug and Play SCAM support
,
which is switched off by default, might help.
Credits:
This hint came from Peter Pointner (peter@wuzel.m.isar.de)

See also:

Keywords: 2940, ADAPTEC, BOOT, REBOOT, SCSI, AHA2940

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SDB-2940, Copyright SuSE GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
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Impressum - Last generated: 24. Feb 1999 14:41:21
by maddin
with sdb_gen 1.00.0