Re: reset Adaptec 1515? How??

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From: Harvey Fishman
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:21

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In <43t2is$b3@nexus.uiowa.edu> bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu () says

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know how I can reset a Adaptec AVA 1515 SCSI card? Right
> now I have to power cycle my machine to get it to totally reset,
> booting or reseting my machine doesn't seem to do the trick.
> 
> This card controls a SONY 76S 4x CD ROM drive (it came with it) and is
> presently my only SCSI device. I have a problem when I quit Linux and
> reboot my machine, the CD ROM drive doesn't become accessible unless I
> power off/on my machine. I get the Fail, Retry, Abort message.
> 
> Does anyone how I can reset the AVA 1515 via software without having
> to throw the power switch?

I suspect that you are stuck.  I have noticed this as a general failing
with Adaptec host adapters; they will not reset except on power cycling
unless the BIOS is enabled.  I found that out when working with multiple
host adapters in a single box.  In this case the BIOS is usually disabled
in all but the first host adapter used for the boot device.  Since I do
not believe that that AVA-1515 has a BIOS, I think that you are SOL.

Harvey

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