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Re: ncr53c8...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl B. Hammar)
Mon Mar 27 11:01:15 2000
To: law@sgi.com
Cc: karl@kalle.csb.ki.se, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:14:32 -0800"
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:53:21 +0200
From: "Karl B. Hammar" <karl@kalle.csb.ki.se>
Ohh, I see, you have a SGI1400L.
And yes, the user guide I found on your web states that they are on
the mainboard.
Well, it might be a loading order thing.
With initrd the kernel is already up and running when you add the
ncr-module. But I agree it seems very strange. And I have not had
any problems with those controllers before and I always compile in the
ncr stuff.
Since I don't have any clue how to solve the problem, I'd go back to
basics.
You could check your scsi bios settings (control-c at boot according
to the user guide). Make sure everything is correctly terminated.
Verify all devices show up, and such...
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Linda Walsh <law@sgi.com>
Subject: Re: ncr53c8...
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:14:32 -0800
> "Karl B. Hammar" wrote:
> >
> > Since no one else seem to answer...
> >
> > To get it to boot:
> > remove all controllers but the one with the boot disk
> > if it doesn't boot, put the controller in a different pci slot and
> > try again till you have found out which slots works
> ---
> The controller are all on the motherboard, I believe.
> >
> > Then add cards and see if the kernel finds them.
> > Maybe they have to be on the same pci bus?
> ---
> But why does it work with it as a 'module' but not compiled
> in? That's the part I'm stumped on. I mean if I want to boot, I can
> just use the module system rather than relying on hardware ordering. But
> I am just wanting to know why 1 works and not the other. Very very strange,
> IMO.
>
> > I assume you are working on a mips-based system (irq=56..58, SGI),
> > so I cannot reproduce your problem here.
> ---
> It's a 4-CPU Xeon based, 1G, low end server we sell.
>
> --
> Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
> law@sgi.com | Voice: (650) 933-5338
>
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