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In <DH4qCE.ADr@RnA.NL> Gerben_Wierda@RnA.NL says

> Problems:
> 
> 	I have so far been unable to install OS/2 Warp Connect onto it.  
> Whatever I do, the installation somewhere locks up either with a 'not ready  
> SYS000039' problem on the CD or a 'drive not functioning SYS000049' problem on  
> the HD. The problem appears at the first or second file the installation wants  
> to write to the disk when I use HPFS file system, and somewhere during disk 3,  
> 4, 5 or 6 (this is virtual of course, I am installing from CD) while using FAT.  
> Of course, I have replace aic7800.add from disk #1 by the one from  
> ftp.adaptec.com. A 'retry' will get me a bit further under FAT, but at some  
> moment the light of the drive will burn permanently and nothing works anymore.
> 
> 	But even most of the times a WinNT install will hang while writing  
> something to the disk. I haven't installed aic78xx.sys from ftp.adaptec.com.
> 
> 	I get the feeling something is wrong with my SCSI/Adaptec setup. But  
> (complication) I seem to have lost my Adaptec disk #1 and the Adaptec user  
> manual (I do have 2 books and 2 disks, which means I am short of one book and  
> one disk). I have the CD-ROM at the end of the chain with termination enabled.  
> I have termination enabled on the card also. Whe I have seen problems, I can  
> reset, and sometimes the card won't show the HP drive.
> 
> 	What I'd really like to know is:
> 
> a) How can I test my setup, e.g. under DOS?
> b) What is a 'normally to succeed' working setup for this combination? What  
> about the BIOS settings on DOS drives >1G? 

I have a somewhat similar setup (Micronics system board, different number
of drives, and internal external), but your problems are the classic
symptoms of bad termination.  The AHA-2940 is ____****EXTREMELY****____
finicky about having that spot on.  I have been using SCSI since 1989, but
most of that was with an AHA-1542B.  When I moved to the AHA-2940 earlier
this year, it was like starting over learning from scratch.  You MUST have
perfect cables and terminations.  It is a great card, but it is fussy.
Asd Warp was the real killer - installing it seems to be a very severe
trial of the drive.  I have have been using OS/2 since 1.3 and other than
the buggy driver that Adaptec shipped with the first copies of 2.0, I
never had a problem until I tried to reinstall with my spanking new
AHA-2940 when I got the new machine in May.  Check your cables and
terminations and then check them again (and again).  They have to be
perfect. 

As to testing, I think that this is sort of like memory - there is no way
other than regular usage.  If it fails in that, then you have a problem
and only that exercise will show it to you and then tracking it down is
usually just educated guess-work and trial and error.  Sorry, but I do not
think that there is any other way.

Harvey

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