Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 11:25:04AM -0700, Dean Allen Provins wrote: > > Tim Buller > > Stephen Ryan > > Ulisses > > Christoph > > Steve Beitzel > > Bruce Jackson > > Lawrence Walton > > Ruslan Ermilov > > > > Gentlemen: > > > > > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Tim Buller wrote: > > > > > > > I'm trying to install on a Dual PII 450 Intel 440BX-based system. This > > > > MB > > > > has an integrated Symbios SYM53C876 SCSI controller, which uses the > > > > NCR53C8xx SCSI driver. The 2 9GB drives are recognized by the BIOS, and > > > > by > > > > > > ncr53c875-0: copying script fragments into the on-board RAM > > > > SCSI host 0 abort (pid 23) time out - resetting > > > > SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0 > > > > ncr53c8xx_reset: pid 23 reset_flags=2 serial_number=$INC \ > > > > serial_number_at_timeout=$INC > > > > ncr53x875-0: restart (scsi reset) > > > > Did any of you every resolve your problem? I've been experiencing very > > similar symptoms since moving to the 2.0.34 kernel supplied with > > Debian's V2 system just after Christmas. > > > > It seems that everything is fine (i.e. I can access all three devices: > > tape, CD and disc) UNTIL I fire up X. From that moment on, I can't > > access any of them without experiencing symtoms like those you cite above > > (irrespective of whether X is still running or not). The SCSI controller is > > a 53c810 rev 1 (the original) on the mainboard. > > > > I've just tried the 3.1c driver on the 2.0.34 kernel, unsuccessfully. > > It's worse with that combination. The whole system freezes - it > > didn't with the 2.5f.1 driver - just got the messages, but could > > bring down the system without difficulty. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dean Provins > > > > PS: It worked fine with an old Slackware release and Donald Becker's > > version of the driver. > > I've upgraded the bios on the server (Intel MB440LX) to the latest one, > and it works now like a charm. > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] United Commercial Bank > +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine > > http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve > http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age
I upgraded to the 2.2.2 kernel and everything appears to be working now. I got my ide cd-burner to work:) again. -- Bruce Jackson Linux: because reboots are for hardware upgrades!
