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Bug#325904: incorrect mac68k SCSI boot parameter



On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 08:46:08PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 August 2005 19:53, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > This information is not fully accurate.
> 
> Hmm. A proposed new text would have been very nice as it's hard to judge 
> implications/value of various options that suggest themselves from your 
> comments.

Right. Sorry.

> How about this? That includes the alternative you mentioned near the end 
> of your mail.
> 
>    If your hardware uses a 53c9x-based scsi bus, then you may need
>    to include the kernel parameter mac53c9x=1,0. Hardware with two
>    such scsi buses, such as the Quadra 950, will need mac53c9x=2,0
>    instead. Alternatively, the parameter can be specified as
>    mac53c9x=-1,0 which will leave autodetection on, but which will
>    disable SCSI disconnects.

Looks good.

Perhaps it might be interesting to add a little bit of explanation,
though:

	Specifying this parameter is only necessary if you have more
	than one hard disk; otherwise, the system will run faster if
	you do not specify it.

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