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that has been posted to comp.os.linux.hardware as well.

I wrote:

> I've recently installed a 2GB JAZ drive into a PC with an ADAPTEC 2940
> SCSI controller.  The JAZ drive is the only thing on the SCSI bus.
> 
> When the PC boots, the ADAPTEC controller identifies the JAZ drive.
> 
> The 2.0.35 kernel identifies the ADAPTEC controller but doesn't see
> the JAZ drive.

These were the messages displayed during the boot of 2.0.35:

| aic7xxx: Warning - detected auto-termination on controller:
| aic7xxx: <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> at PCI 11/0
| aic7xxx: Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
| aic7xxx: If not, then please properly set the device termination
| aic7xxx: in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
| aic7xxx: during machine bootup.
| aic7xxx: Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 NO)
| aic7xxx: Termination (Low ON, High ON)
| (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
| (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
| (scsi0) BIOS enabled, IO Port 0x6400, IRQ 9
| (scsi0) IO Memory at 0xe4000000, MMAP Memory at 0x2805000
| (scsi0) Resetting channel
| (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 413 instructions downloaded
| scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.0.19/3.2.4
|        <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
| scsi : 1 host.
| (scsi0:0:-1:-1) Scanning channel for devices.
| scsi : detected total.

<snip>

| (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 255 during SELTO.
| (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 255 not valid during SELTO.
|         SCSISEQ = 0x12 SEQADDR = 0xa SSTAT0 = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x88

Hmmm, not so good :-(

Last night I upgraded this machine to 2.0.36 and mysteriously the
problem disappeared:

| (scsi0) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 11/0
| (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
| (scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
| (scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
| (scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
| (scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
| (scsi0) during machine bootup.
| (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 NO, Ext-68 NO)
| (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
| scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.11/3.2.4
|        <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
| scsi : 1 host.
|   Vendor: iomega    Model: jaz 2GB           Rev: E.15
|   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
| Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
| scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
| (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
| SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 3915600 [1911 MB] [1.9 GB]
| sda: Write Protect is on

OK, so I should turn off the auto-termination but at least I can now
access the drive :-)

Many thanks to those that helped.

And a special thanks to the great Linus himself and the cast of
thousands that made/make Linux so good.

Cheers,
Roland.
-- 
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; 
involve me and I'll understand - Chinese Proverb.

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