Re: A3000 install of v3r1
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, jerry@hobbeshollow.com wrote:
>
> I recently decided to install Debian on my 12yr old A3000 to see what it
> would do. The machine is currently running AmigaOS 3.9 and has run
> Minix 1.0 in the past.
>
> Things started up ok, got to the install script on the Amiga side, and
> then proceeded to start the install. Answered the first two
> configuration questions (keyboard, language), but then it hung
> attempting to install. When I flipped through the various consoles it
> showed messages saying that it was timing out talking to scsi id 5 -
> which in my case in the cdrom.
>
> Assuming that the 2x cdrom was too slow to react, I replaced it with a
> 24x cdrom. Unfortunately, now when the installation script starts (on
> the AmigaOS 3.9 side), I get a System Error and am asked to restart the
> system.
>
> Any suggestions, help?
Could be bus termination issue? If you haven't already, check for a SCSI
bus termination jumper on the CDROM drive.
-f
> Hardware -
>
> A3000 @ 16MHz
> 6MB Fast, 2MB Chip
> 128MB added through DKB 128
> A2410 Graphics Card
> A2065 Ethernet Card
> 100MB Zip Drive
> 24x CD ROM
> 600 MB Teac Tape Drive
>
> jerry
> // Jerry Heyman | "Software is the difference between
> // Amiga Forever :-) | hardware and reality"
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