Re: SCSI controllers and SRM
Hi, Simon,
I think your reasoning is good - I vote #1 as well, now,
though I have seen SRM and running kernels differ in ability
to handle bad/no termination conditions.
Bummer, indeed... :-\
--Jay++
Simon Brown wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> On 01/10/08 22:45:47, Jay Estabrook wrote:
>> SRM reports my card as: "Adaptec AIC-7899", and shows a connected
>> disk.
> Show config reports the card as "Adaptec AIC-7899" but not the disks
> on my system
>
>> So, given that, either:
>>
>> 1. your card is a different (and unsupported by SRM) version of 39160
>> 2. cable is bad
>> 3. disk is bad
>> 4. termination is bad or non-existent
>> 5. if more than one disk, disks are mis-configured.
> My bet is it's #1. The lenny net inst CD finds the controller and
> disks. If I "show bios" the scsi select program runs and I get
> transported into alpha bios which again finds the controller and disks.
>
> The firmware version I think is 3.20
>
> Bummer,
>
> I'll investigate more tomorrow, thanks for your help.
>
> Simon
>
>
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