bruno;
puzzled.
there were two types of scsi controller on the 43P systems
the onboard is/was 53c810 which has a SE/LVD drive interface.
optional was 53c825 which is a HVD drive interface.
just check to see is any of the disks have the termination set on.
and there are termination resisters installed on drive (SE?)
(possibly terminator on and terminator power on)
there should only be one set on and it should be at the end of the scsi chain.
(drive address does not matter)
if no drives have the ability to terminate the scsi chain, then you need to get
a
SE/LVD terminator and put it at the end of the chain.
hope this helps
dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruno Gallichand
To: dale-bresnan ; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 8:05 AM
Subject: RE: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. Even though the SCSI disk partitioning went
perfect and all partitions are fully initialized, and the base Woody (3.0) is
installed, I still get this forever reported message at boot time:
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0
Ncr53c8xx_reset : pid = 0 reset_flags = 2 serial_number=(increasing
numbers) serial_number_at_timeout= (increasing numbers)
I have three disks (9 gig, 9gig, 17 gig) and a CDROM. No external SCSI bus
terminator is being used. Should I add one?
Thanks, and kind regards,
B. Gallichand
From: dale-bresnan [mailto:dal...@bresnan.net]
Sent: August-25-12 11:57 AM
To: Bruno Gallichand; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...
hi;
i have a RS/6000 (43P) 7248 running etch [4.0] (kernel 2.6.18)
upgraded from 3.0.
there was a install for the 7248 in the debian site..using 3.0
no scsi problems on the install and it is still working o.k.
what is the error message??
dale
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruno Gallichand
To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...
Dear all,
I`m trying to revive an old IBM 43P for a customer into using it with
Debian 3.0 (that`s the only version I was able to get bootable floppy images).
After the successful partionning and installation of the base OS, during
boot, it is stuck displaying infinite messages about the SCSI Controller 0,
trying to reset it, and never ends.
Has anyone been successful in such an installation on an old IBM 43P?
Thanks,
Bruno Gallichand
Sonar Systems Specialist - Miltary Engineering Group
CAE Inc.
8585 Côte-de-Liesse
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Canada H4T 1G6
Email: bruno.gallich...@cae.com
T: 514.341.2000 Ext. 3454
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