Ron Farrer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anyone know why moving a disk from one Alpha to another would result > in parity errors? > > I moved an SCA drive (with SCA->SCSI adaptor) from an AS200 to a > 164UX. The drive in the UX fails with a LOT of parity errors, yet it > works fine in the AS200. I've tried different cables, different IDs, > lettting it be the ONLY drive on the chain, a different adaptor but it > makes no difference. Putting it back in the AS200 and it works fine > again (I'm typing this on it...)
The problem is apparently with the drive. Neither ARCS BIOS or milo like it. I was able to boot by placing the kernel on a different drive (sdb5) and booting like so: boot sdb5:boot/vmlinux-2.2.17.gz ncr53c8xx=tags:0,fsn:n,wide:0 root=/dev/sda8 After doing that, all is well. A HUGE thanks to Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ron
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