On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I recently decided to install Debian on my 12yr old A3000 to see what it > would do. The machine is currently running AmigaOS 3.9 and has run > Minix 1.0 in the past. > > Things started up ok, got to the install script on the Amiga side, and > then proceeded to start the install. Answered the first two > configuration questions (keyboard, language), but then it hung > attempting to install. When I flipped through the various consoles it > showed messages saying that it was timing out talking to scsi id 5 - > which in my case in the cdrom. > > Assuming that the 2x cdrom was too slow to react, I replaced it with a > 24x cdrom. Unfortunately, now when the installation script starts (on > the AmigaOS 3.9 side), I get a System Error and am asked to restart the > system. > > Any suggestions, help? Could be bus termination issue? If you haven't already, check for a SCSI bus termination jumper on the CDROM drive. -f > Hardware - > > A3000 @ 16MHz > 6MB Fast, 2MB Chip > 128MB added through DKB 128 > A2410 Graphics Card > A2065 Ethernet Card > 100MB Zip Drive > 24x CD ROM > 600 MB Teac Tape Drive > > jerry > // Jerry Heyman | "Software is the difference between > // Amiga Forever :-) | hardware and reality" > \\ // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > \X/ http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/e/heymanj/ > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
