Hi, Simon, I think your reasoning is good - I vote #1 as well, now, though I have seen SRM and running kernels differ in ability to handle bad/no termination conditions.
Bummer, indeed... :-\ --Jay++ Simon Brown wrote: > Hi Jay, > > On 01/10/08 22:45:47, Jay Estabrook wrote: >> SRM reports my card as: "Adaptec AIC-7899", and shows a connected >> disk. > Show config reports the card as "Adaptec AIC-7899" but not the disks > on my system > >> So, given that, either: >> >> 1. your card is a different (and unsupported by SRM) version of 39160 >> 2. cable is bad >> 3. disk is bad >> 4. termination is bad or non-existent >> 5. if more than one disk, disks are mis-configured. > My bet is it's #1. The lenny net inst CD finds the controller and > disks. If I "show bios" the scsi select program runs and I get > transported into alpha bios which again finds the controller and disks. > > The firmware version I think is 3.20 > > Bummer, > > I'll investigate more tomorrow, thanks for your help. > > Simon > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
