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Re: boot options for an Adaptec AHA-1542CF



I'm not sure if that's your problem, but I had a similar problem with
AHA-1542CF, and had to tweak with the SCS options of the devices with the
SCSIselect. Changing the sync negotiations or sth. of the like for the boot
disk. I can't say why it worked because I had to set different options for
different devices but it's been stable ever since. I've once tried to set the
same options for all devices, figuring I was clever and it didn't work.
Disagreeable work but it worked.

                     Yuval

Miki Shapiro wrote:

> Hi, I hooked up an Adaptec AHA-1542CF controller to my linux box and put 3
> old CDC 150 MB Hard disks on it. (frees me a much larger disk
> for other purposes)
>
> anyway, i partitioned and formatted them for DOS --> all work fine.
> when installing RH 4.2 on this - i selected the 1542 SCSI controller and
> told it to autoprobe and get the following error on the alt-F4 terminal:
>
> ><4>Configuring Adaptec (SCSI-ID 7) at IO:334, IRQ 12, DMA priority 7
> ><4>aha1542.c: Using extended bios translation
> >
> ><4>scsi1 : Adaptec 1542
> ><4>scsi : 1 host.
> ><4>scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi1, channel 0 , id
> 0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
> ><4>SCSI host 1 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
> ><4>SCSI bus is being reset for host 1 channel 0
> ><4>Sent BUS DEVICE RESET to target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
> ><4>Sending DID_RESET for target 0
>
> ... it then goes back to the "aborting command due to timeout" and goes on
> and on forever like this.
>
> Can anybody please suggest a solution (possibly boot options for the SCSI
> host) to the problem?
>
>                 Regards
>                 Miki Shapiro <Aris>
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