Does you SCSI card have *gasp* jumpers to configure the interrupts (or software)? I get similar messages if I put the wrong irq in the AHA152x module load line. If it is one of those plug-n-pray cards there used to be some utils that might help, iirc.
Pat Ouellette Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio (voice): KB8PYM on KB8YVY repeater (52.650 / 146.835 / 444.650) Amateur Radio (packet): [EMAIL PROTECTED] Running down the hall: Hey you! You can ping your node, you can ping you neighbor, but you can't ping your neighborÂ’s node. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Stephen Carpenter > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:37 PM > To: debian-user list > Subject: ACK! SCSI Not WOrking > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I got my SCSI tape drive and I installed a SCSI card I had lying around > unfortunatly it didn't work :( > I THINK the problem may be the controller... > I get the messages: > aha152x: processing commandline: ok > aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s) > aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=9, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled, > parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended > translation=disabled > aha152x: trying software interrupt, lost. > aha152x: IRQ 9 possibly wrong. Please verify. > - --- > I have tried IRQ 11 with the same effect...then it is... > scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $ > scsi : 1 host. > scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, > lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 > - --- repeated for id 0 - 6 > The SCSI card is from a ZIP SCSI drive (I got it for free from omeone > who already had a SCSI card and installed a ZIP) > It calls itself (written on the board) an > Adaptec AVA-1502 > the Tape drive apears to be (jumpers) SCSI ID 4, Parity on, Termination > power on > Any ideas? should I just forget it asnd buy a new adapter? > I recompiled my kernel...turned on SCSI supoert and > all of the Adaptec Drivers ...I am running Kernel 2.0.29 > (on a hamm system but I doubt that matters) > I read the SCSI-HOWTO...but it was of no help :( > - -Steve > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3a > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBNUfVwnxvn0zebBV9AQGVBAQAhe8UovDSlOKNS6ZPVWw+Ux4EHcRqfJm8 > qeGY7+dzJmQM8eHdW+In0kGwpKxVbzmefIJT0tSXsXT1tQHJzKlwl9SzEWcGwFzV > ZMI6xA4Zj3AfcUskCNkPNWXfOxyw8ouFxBKOaVyePaGjwc7sk+Fboks+e5ivLhSX > ObyL+LUidvo= > =ri2i > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]