Re: kernel sources for alpha? (Re: Not detecting SCSI drive)
Christopher C Chimelis wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> > Looks like perhaps I should turn off Symbios NVRAM detection and
> > try again?
>
> It's possible. That is an extremely odd problem and one I've never seen
> (have a Tekram 390F with two Barracudas and a CD-ROM). Turning off the
> NVRAM detection *might* work, but YMMV. Have you booted the card on a
> i386 and do anything strange during the setup? With mine, the defaults
> were fine, but again YMMV.
>
> Keep me (and the list) posted on this. It's the first time I've ever seen
> this kind of problem with an 875-based board.
The problem went away by passing the kernel option
`ncr53c8xx=nvram:n' at the MILO prompt.
Constantine Vetoshev wrote:
> Have you tried the SYM53C8XX driver instead? I believe it's a newer
> version of the code used in the NCR53C8XX.
I'm upgrading to potato now, but promise to try to compile
another kernel afterwards to try this as well.
Thanks!
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