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From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Subject: Re: Tracking down "BTX halted"
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:55:52 -0500
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> Doug Write wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Sandeep Joshi wrote:
>
> > I changed the disklabels on a few SCSI disks and now
> > I keep getting these "BTX halted" messages every time
> > I reboot.
>
> Lemme guess, you're running them in 'dangerously dedicated' mode.
>
> There is a bug in Adaptec BIOSen that they will not tolerate DD disks.

Which controllers have this bug?  I've got a whole bunch of 7880 and 79xx
controllers with disks running in DD mode and never have had this problem.

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Matt Emmerton


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