Re: SCSI problem, can't instal Debian

["Reagan Doose" <doose-family@worldnet.att.net>]

I had tried that to no avail.  Actually the problem turned out to be that I
needed to disable UW negotiation for non-UW devices.  Once I did that, all
went smoothly.

Thanks for taking the time to answer!
Reagan


-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Collins <rob@intr.net>
To: Reagan Doose <doose-family@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI problem, can't instal Debian


>On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Reagan Doose wrote:
>
>> I am trying to install Debian 2.0 from a Bootable, SCSI CD.  I have a
Dell
>> Dimension XPS H266 computer with an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter and a 2GB
UW
>> hard drive.
>>
>> All starts off well, I get the boot prompt, and the system looks like it
is
>> coming up, then I get this:
>>
>> (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 16 during SELTO.
>> (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 225 not valid during SELTO.
>> SCSISEQ = 0x5a SEQADDR = 0xh SSTATO = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x8a
>>
>> This is repeated forever.
>>
>> This problem did not occur two days ago when I installed RedHat 4.2, so I
>> don't think it is a hardware problem.
>
>You're supposed to boot with this lilo append option:
>aic7xxx=extended,no_reset
>So, from the lilo prompt, you type that  -- once in, edit /etc/lilo.conf,
>and add that as an append option (like 'append="aic7xxx=..."'  -- read the
>lilo man), and rerun lilo.
>
>For some reason, this only keeps my hard drive from resetting the bus
>about 1 in three tries, though, so if that works for you please write me.
>:)
>
>
>--
>quiet rob
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