Subject: Re: SLC SCSI problems
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Manuel BOUYER <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-sparc
Date: 07/16/1997 11:01:39
On Jul 15, der Mouse wrote
> For quite a while now, I've been running NetBSD/sparc on an IPC. It's
> been stable and I've been happy with it.
>
> But now I'd like to switch it from the IPC to an SLC we have; I've been
> running the IPC headless, and this SLC has fried video electronics but
> it's just fine headless.
>
> The trouble is, it doesn't work. :-( I can usually boot single-user
> and everything is fine, but as soon as I touch the second disk, I start
> getting lines like
> [ scsi controller error messages ]
I've been running NetBSD 1.2.1 on an SLC with 2 disk (they are now
on an ELC) without problems. But it seems that this class of machine is very
sensible to SCSI cables and terminators.
--
Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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