From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20010816220048.00d88c20@pop.bart.nl> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: geerten kuiper Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan B ? In-Reply-To: <20010816194232.93C3C19A04@mail.cse.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:00:48 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: df1709e2-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Yes, it's the floppy. And the messages from the SCSI driver are: sd53c8xx: SYM53C1010 rev. 0x01 intr=15 command=2100007 sd53c8xx: SYM53C1010 rev. 0x01 intr=15 command=2100007 sd53c8xx: bios scntl3(18) stest 2(00) sd53c8xx: bios scntl3(70) stest 2(00) and later on: sd53c8xx: SYM53C1010 rev. 0x01 intr=15 command=2100007 sd53c8xx: SYM53C1010 rev. 0x01 intr=15 command=2100007 (Maybe this isn't completely correct: I often have trouble reading my own handwriting..) At 15:40 8/16/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Just to clarify, you're hanging at the initial boot off the floppy? >I'm not sure the SCSI driver will properly deal with the 53C1010, but I >don't see anything else that would cause problems. > >On Thu Aug 16 15:34:14 EDT 2001, geerten@bart.nl wrote: >> My hardware: >> Mainboard: MSI 6321 with VIA chipset >> CPU: Dual Pentium III 1GHz >> SCSI: Tekram DC-390U3W (LSI 53C1010 chip) >> Graphics: Diamond Viper V550 (nVidia TNT chip) >> Mouse: USB, but connected to the PS/2 port with a little adapter that came >> with it. >> >> I found Nick's wiki page about the TNT (thanks..) and adapted my bootflop >> according to his recipe. I also tried his complete bootflop. In both cases >> I see some messages about the SCSI being detected, 9PCFLOP.GZ being >> detected, CPU (at least one of them) being recognized, again SCSI, and then: >> 39008 pages >> 156032K bytes >> 592832K swap >> >> That's where it stops. >> >> Is there a Plan B for me ? Or am I just out of luck, hardwarewise ? >> >> Geerten. >> >> Geerten Kuiper | "It is customary to append a signature or >> Corn. Houtmanstraat 113 | .sig to a mail message, usually containing >> 2593 RG Den Haag | information on the author, along with a >> Nederland | joke or a motto." >> | Olaf Kirch >> | LINUX Network Administrators Guide > > Geerten Kuiper | "It is customary to append a signature or Corn. Houtmanstraat 113 | .sig to a mail message, usually containing 2593 RG Den Haag | information on the author, along with a Nederland | joke or a motto." | Olaf Kirch | LINUX Network Administrators Guide