Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 21:28:54 -0400 From: Chuck Slivkoff <cas1@atl.hp.com> To: AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: HP Kayak XW (D5510N) Message-ID: <37D85ED6.91B0BAAE@atl.hp.com>
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Greetings, I have been running out of options and just subscribed to this list when I managed to workaround (solve?) my problem. I have a HP Kayak XW model D5510N which has 2 on-board SCSI controllers: AIC-7880 and AIC-7860. I have been trying for quite some time to get a stable and consistent linux installation on this box, but have been running into SCSI problems. I just discovered (by accident) that I am able to eliminate most of my problems by using the "no_reset" option for the aic7xxx driver. I can further eliminate the cable detection error (INT 50:yes, INT 68:yes, EXT 68: yes) by adding "override_term:0xffff". Interestingly enough, there is no 68-pin external connection, only 1 68-pin internal connection and both internal and external 50-pin connections. I am concerned, though, about the use of "no_reset". What are its implications? Is there any possible explanations as to why I need to use this option? Are there any problems that I should expect to see? Here are details on the system: CPU: 300 MHz Pentium II RAM: 128 MB Disks: 2x Seagate ST34501W CD-ROM: 24x IDE LAN: 10/100 AMD 79C970 Video: HP Visualize-FX4 (w/ Texture memory) Audio: AdLib 1816 The BIOS settings for both the 7880 and 7860 were reset to default values. I've tried various combinations, but nothing seemed to help. SCAM (?) is auto-assigning SCSI ID's of 0 and 6 to the 2 drives. There are no devices attached to the 7860. With all the searching that I did, I could find no problems with installs on Kayak XU models. There was nothing I could find on the XW. (The XW is identical to the XU model, with the exception of the video card.) If anyone can shed any light on this I would appreciate it. Regards, -chuck -- // Chuck Slivkoff // HP Response Center - XPlus Team // Atlanta, GA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe aic7xxx" in the body of the message
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