> > Hello, > > my name is Ton van den Broek, software engineer at Leica Microsystems Lithography in >Best, the Netherlands. Right now we are using OS-9 as operating system, but since we >are losing our faith in it > we are considering moving to Linux. We are using an MVME2604 Power PC board, and it >looks like Debian is the only one supporting this board. I've downloaded your >bootfull.bin from 16 may 2002, > 10:12, and boot the CPU-board with TFTP. > That is working, but it doesn't recognize the SCSI-harddisk, which means the end of >installing Linux. The drive and cable must be allright, because OS-9 does recognize >it. ... > A.T.J. van den Broek > Software engineer ...
Hello Ton, I don't know about the 16 may version, but the 21th version contain the ncr driver, but not the sym one according to: $ pwd /home/ftp/pub1/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/3.0.23-2002-05-21/prep $ zgrep 53c8 sysmap.gz c0053c88 t get_env c011dd7c t ncr53c8xx_select_queue_depths c011de94 T ncr53c8xx_queue_command c011df40 t ncr53c8xx_intr c011e050 t ncr53c8xx_timeout c011e128 T ncr53c8xx_reset c011e244 T ncr53c8xx_abort c011ebf4 t ncr53c8xx_proc_info c011ec94 T ncr53c8xx_info c0173da8 D ncr53c8xx_lock c0173eb4 d proc_scsi_ncr53c8xx c018b914 t sym53c8xx__setup c018bd44 t sym53c8xx_pci_init c018c1dc t sym53c8xx__detect c018e2d0 T ncr53c8xx_setup c018e2f0 T ncr53c8xx_detect The sym53c8xx_ entries are from drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_comm.h which is included in the ncr driver: $ cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18 $ find . -type f | xargs grep sym53c8xx_comm.h | grep include ./drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c:#include "sym53c8xx_comm.h" The ncr driver supports: $ grep -A12 'Supported N' drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c ** Supported NCR/SYMBIOS chips: ** 53C810 (8 bits, Fast SCSI-2, no rom BIOS) ** 53C815 (8 bits, Fast SCSI-2, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C820 (Wide, Fast SCSI-2, no rom BIOS) ** 53C825 (Wide, Fast SCSI-2, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C860 (8 bits, Fast 20, no rom BIOS) ** 53C875 (Wide, Fast 20, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C895 (Wide, Fast 40, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C895A (Wide, Fast 40, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C896 (Wide, Fast 40, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C897 (Wide, Fast 40, on board rom BIOS) ** 53C1510D (Wide, Fast 40, on board rom BIOS) ** Hope that helps. Regards, /Karl PS. . the debian-powerpc list is probably a better place for your problem . please set up your mailer to wrap lines, yours are to long ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Hammar Aspö Data [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lilla Aspö 2340 +46 173 140 57 Networks S-742 94 Östhammar +46 18 26 09 00 Computers Sweden +46 10 270 26 67 Consulting ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
