Kris Noland (kris@primordialsoft.com)
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 03:30:39 -0400
Hi All,
I just got an ANS 700, and have run into a problem with the IBM DFHSS4W
drive that was provided with the machine. The drive works fine under
AIX, but won't let me boot linux.
Using the dusers installer.coff or vmlinux.coff, during the boot process,
the kernel recognizes the drive, spins it up, and then gives me a series
of repeating error messages:
ncr53c825a-0-<2,0>: M_REJECT received (2:8).
ncr53c825a-0: SCSI phase error fixup: CCB already dequeued (0xc4fd9020)
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 54) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
ncr53c8xx_reset: pid=54 reset_flags=2 serial_number=98
serial_number_at_timeout=98
ncr53c825a-0: restart (scsi reset).
ncr53c825a-0-<2,0>: phase change 6-7 ncr53c825a-0-<2,0>: phase change 6-7 7@04fd94c8 resid=4.
...(and it loops back to the M_REJECT message again)
If I disconnect the internal wide drive, and boot with an external narrow
scsi drive, the machine boots ok, and the internal cdrom works correctly.
(haven't tried the tape drive yet)
Any suggestions on what I can do to solve this?
I've also read some suggestions that you can do an installation on the
external bus and then move the drive internal. Is there a way to hook a
wide drive to the external scsi bus, and if so, what cables would I need
to do it?
Thanks much,
kris
Kris Noland
Partner
Primordial Software
kris@primordialsoft.com
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