I had tried that to no avail. Actually the problem turned out to be that I needed to disable UW negotiation for non-UW devices. Once I did that, all went smoothly.
Thanks for taking the time to answer! Reagan -----Original Message----- From: Rob Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Reagan Doose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Monday, November 02, 1998 6:54 AM Subject: Re: SCSI problem, can't instal Debian >On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Reagan Doose wrote: > >> I am trying to install Debian 2.0 from a Bootable, SCSI CD. I have a Dell >> Dimension XPS H266 computer with an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI adapter and a 2GB UW >> hard drive. >> >> All starts off well, I get the boot prompt, and the system looks like it is >> coming up, then I get this: >> >> (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Bad scbptr 16 during SELTO. >> (scsi0:-1:-1:-1) Referenced SCB 225 not valid during SELTO. >> SCSISEQ = 0x5a SEQADDR = 0xh SSTATO = 0x15 SSTAT1 = 0x8a >> >> This is repeated forever. >> >> This problem did not occur two days ago when I installed RedHat 4.2, so I >> don't think it is a hardware problem. > >You're supposed to boot with this lilo append option: >aic7xxx=extended,no_reset >So, from the lilo prompt, you type that -- once in, edit /etc/lilo.conf, >and add that as an append option (like 'append="aic7xxx=..."' -- read the >lilo man), and rerun lilo. > >For some reason, this only keeps my hard drive from resetting the bus >about 1 in three tries, though, so if that works for you please write me. >:) > > >-- >quiet rob >----------- >"Just keep telling yourself you are immortal" --Albert Hofmann > > >