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Wilko Bulte  
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 More options Mar 19 2001, 5:20 pm
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From: w...@freebie.demon.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Date: 20 Mar 2001 06:16:42 +0800
Local: Mon, Mar 19 2001 5:16 pm
Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW booting problems
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:01:45PM -0500, Normand Leclerc wrote:
>     Uh, I am even more surprised than you guys.  Until I added the Yamaha
> (yes, it's a fast ultra scsi ), I booted without any problem.  I have two
> barracudas (one 2gigs, one 4 gigs ultra), one cheetah (9.1 gigs ultra),
> one CDROM NEC-222 and the Yamaha 8424, all on the narrow interface.

>     The SRM sees the adapter as pka7 which is fine.  The adapter can be
> configured using the Alphabios.  I really don't see why you guys aren't
> seeing it on SRM.  I have the last SRM console for the SX which is 5.7 I

Because SRM does not support Adaptecs.

> beleive.  Anyways, if you guys tell me this card is hardly supported,

It is. Really. Believe us. Check the Compaq/DEC documentation.

> then I should change it.  I don't like it tough.  I always liked Adaptec
> scsi cards on PCs...   I hardly know the other brands tough.  Symbios and
> Qlogic ...  Any good?

Yes.

>     Do you have the same problem with the 2940?  If so, then it's of no
> use to try it.  It is weird, I really can boot with this card...

Not with SRM.

> Normand Leclerc
> lecn1...@ele.etsmtl.ca

> > Adaptecs are not recognised by the SRM (unless you have a very recent
> > machine, I think a UP1000 might understand Adaptecs). So, things like
> > pk* settings do not matter to these adapters

> > Wilko

> > > I wonder if your pc164sx boots fine on one of scsi disks with 2940uw
> > > before connecting a Yamaha cd-r writer.
> > > I have got alphapc164 and pc164lx boxes in my lab, and they refuse
> > > working well with 2940uw.

> > > You can probably check setting of the SRM variables, like
> > > pka0_fast
> > > pci_parity
> > > etc.

> > > Is Yamaha a fast scsi device?

> > > Yoriaki Fujimori

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