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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: using NCR810 with 2.0.5.R
To: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 19:57:13 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199511222112.AA00207@Sysiphos> from "Stefan Esser" at Nov 22, 95 10:12:54 pm
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> } When testing a NCR810 card I got cheaply (~ $20) using 205R I noticed
> } some strangeness when I tried disklabel on a virgin disk. Quite a
> } lot of messages from the ncr driver about some assert/assumption 
> } failing and then a sort of scsi bus lockup. 
> 
> What drive brand/model was that ?

Saw it both a Quantum (DEC RZ28) and a Seagate 4Gb Barracuda (DEC RZ29B).
I work for DEC, so that's why I do know the RZxx but not the actual
model#

> } it's probably not hardware. BTW Machine is a Digital Celebris P90,
> } 8Mb. 
> 
> No, it's the result of a SCSI message reject,
> which is not correctly dealt with by the driver.

I see.

> } General question: I plan to put this 810 in my to-be-bought Pentium.
> } Is 205R generally stable with a 810 or do I need 2.1R ?
> 
> 2.1R should have this fixed. You'll only need
> to boot the boot floppy, since the assertion 
> failure is at probe time ...

? Que? What do you mean exactly?

> I could send you 2.1R on tape, if this will 
> help your decision to do the upgrade now :)

My _home_ system will wait with the upgrade till the Pentium board
is installed. I could try 2.1R with a number of different drives
on the machine at work.

Wilko
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