dump card state: amd64 + 300G seagate + Adaptec AIC7902 + 5.3-stable

[Mike Hunter]

On Feb 03, "Mark Bojara" wrote:

> I have the same problem with a 18 GB Seagate SCSI drive I checked around
> on seagates website and I cant seem to find firmware updates anywhere.
> Could you perhaps direct me to a link also I see other replies to this
> post show that this wont necessarily fix this problem.

I was told that you either have to call them or email them:

http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/asp/tools/en/webhelp/How_To_Contact_Seagate.html

discsupport at seagate.com

I didn't see any way to get a new bios for the onboard adaptec card.  Dmesg
says my adaptec "card" is "Adaptec AIC7902 Ultra320 SCSI adapter", but
a bios is nowhere to be found on their website.  I've been told by others
it's not possible to upgrade the onboard chipset's BIOS, but Scott thinks
it's there somewhere.

And now, a haiku:

Rumors fly around
Some say this, others say that
I say "moof, scsi!"

Mike