RE: 2.4.7, motorola powerstack, NCR825, SCSI timeouts...

["Jonathan Belson" <jon@witchspace.com>]

Hiya


> I can't seem to get 2.4 kernels to run reliably on my PReP moto 
> powerstack/riscPC box with an NCR825 wide controller.
> 
> it boots up, goes thru the init scripts, but gets into SCSI timeouts 
> before it even manages to bring up a login prompt -- SCSI timeouts on 
> all three disks (all wide), for read and write commands.
> 
> has anybody seen this, or been successful with a similiar setup?

Known problem - the current driver for that SCSI controller is
broken in newer kernels.  You may have some luck installing
on an IDE device or using another SCSI card, but I haven't tried
either.


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C-YA
Jon

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