> >Hm, I applied the diff which initialized the buffer to 0 to my
> >otherwise 1.4.1 system, and I still get problems during boot.  It
> >always complains about one particular partition (/dev/sd1g) on
> >bootup:
>
> Try turning off sync negotiation in the bios if you can.

Um, this is on an Alpha pc164 system, so tweaking with the BIOS
would be difficult, I think.

The workaround posted under the heading of "re: more PC164+NCR boot
problems" on port-alpha by jc@joerch.org where "no sense" is treated
as good worked around the problem in my case.  I'm not sure it's the
right solution, though.

- H=E5vard