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From: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@w3page.com>
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Mikael Hugo wrote:
> 
> I got this curious error when I tried to test ccd over two three gb /kernel: assertion "cp" failed: file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SNIP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "../../pci/ncr.c", line 5568
> Nov 19 02:23:38 ninja /kernel: assertion "cp" failed: file
> "../../pci/ncr.c", line 5568
> 
> I switched the card for an AHA2940U card, and it works flawlessly.
> 
> Has any of you newsadmins got any experience with this type?
> 
> I was hoping that I could use several NCR based cards, and get around the
> expensive AHA2940 cards. :)
> 
> Mikael Hugo

Well, I have not been able to use the NCR 53C810 Cards with 2.1.0 .
I think there may be something wrong with the driver.
It worked well with my IBM Drive, 615E 1.2 Gig, but it would not
work with my HP 2 Gig Drives at all...

2.1.5 would not work with either one.   

I switched to a 2940 and all is well.  Put the NCR controller in
my Linux box, and everyone is happy. ( Same motherboard type in both
machines. )
 It was not worth messing around with. Save a few bucks on an NCR card,
piss away several hundred dollars worth of time.

 Some bargain.


Blaine Minazzi