Simon Vallet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm currently trying to boot a beige G3 from a freshly flashed Adaptec > 2940UW SCSI adapter. The linux side works fine when booting from > another disk, but OF does seem to have some trouble, and just hangs > forever -- several hours -- once a boot command has been issued. > > It *is* a mac version (2940UWPI), and has a nice path in OF: > /pci/ADPT,2940UW/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:0. I tried to reflash the card in the > exact same > machine with a 4.1 firmware, but still no luck... > > Does anybody here ever booted an OldWorld mac using such an adapter ? > If so, anything particular to check, such as cables, termination etc. ?
I use one with 3.cantremember firmware in a 7500. Works just fine, although it surely takes its time when enumerating all 16 device ids. I also put it in a G3 once, but only to copy files from a SCSI disk to the IDE disk of said G3, so I didn't boot from it, but it worked otherwise in OS 8.6. Thomas Jahns -- "Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind." D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
