Op wo 30-04-2003, om 15:45 schreef Hans Bergstr�m: > Quadra 700 20 MB RAM, Linux on a (std Mac) 500 MB disk, MacOS on a 80 MB > disk and another 9 GB on a Compaq 30-559812-06 w. active termination > (according to scsi in /proc/scsi it's a model BB00921B91). > This last drive gives me trouble. When mounted and the Linux-box is left > with no activity for a few hours the system hangs and can't be contacted > from anywhere. If the Compaq is not mounted there is no problem. Also, after > on-off recovery and forced e2fsck on root partition, when I try to e2fsck > the Compaq, the system hangs again after the first pass. If I mount it w/o > e2fsck check the disk runs normally, i.e. I can store and retrive files etc. > But I feel a bit uncomfortable. > Any ideas out there? Any driver patches I need for this Compaq?
The trouble is in your SCSI-controller. You'll want to boot Linux with the following extra kernel parameter: mac53c9x=1,0 which will disable disconnects, and fix this issue, albeit that it might slow down SCSI access. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2003/debian-68k-200304/msg00092.html for a full discussion of the issue. -- wouter at grep dot be "An expert can usually spot the difference between a fake charge and a full one, but there are plenty of dead experts." -- National Geographic Channel, in a documentary about large African beasts.
