Use lspci -v on the Linux LiveCD to be sure that bus, slot, function and controller number are correct. El 24/08/2010, a las 15:44, DG UX escribió: > I've tried 3 things: > > 1. Board shows "PCI3" > 2. Linux LiveCD says PCI slot 3 > 3. I've tried a million combinations, just for the heck of it. None worked. > > And also, as I said, in case there is only 1 adapter it should > automatically default and I cant shorthand it, as - > sd(apsc(pci(),3),0)root > Of course that as for the controller ID it is 7 - as shown by the > Adaptec management tool and the device ID is 1 (or 0), depending on > where I put it's jumper and also shown by mgmt tool at boot. > > Got any other ideas of how to verify bus/slot? > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Natalia Portillo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just a question. >> >> How did you checked the PCI bus and slot numbers? >> Counting physically on the motherboard? >> >> If this is the case you're doing it wrong. >> >> The chipset could have various buses and slot numbers and so what appears physically to be slot 0 can easily be bus 2 slot 6. >> >> El 11/08/2010, a las 15:14, DG UX escribió: >> >>> Sorry to bother you all with my questions over this ancient machine >>> and my failing trials with it.. >>> Trying to get a DGUX system (Intel based) to work, as is, on a 'regular' x86 PC. >>> >>> Just a couple of things : >>> >>> 1. I did find out that that DG machine is looking for an Adaptec PCI >>> SCSI Controller, and so I got an AHA-2940UW PCI card, installed it in >>> an old PC, got a matching 9GB HDD and booted it up from my image I've >>> 'DD'ed from the original DG machine. >>> Boot prompt came up and said it's trying to load >>> sd(apsc(pci(0),d,0,7),1,0)root:/dgux -3 >>> it didn't, no error msg, just gave me back a "Boot command:" prompt. >>> Bootpath of the original machine is sd(apsc(pci(0),d,0,7),1,0)root:/dgux -3. >>> The disk drive parameters are correct, according to the docs, its - >>> dev(ctrl(pci[pci_num]),slot[,func_num[,ctrl_id]])[,dev_id[,LUN]]). >>> I've checked the PCI slot in which I installed the card, it's 3, and >>> so I've tried '3' instead of 'd' in the command above, just got the >>> boot prompt back again. >>> Also tried - sd(apsc(pci(),3),0)root:/dgux -3 which should also work >>> according to the docs (all other params are default). >>> Tried to play with it and tried tons of combinations, just for the >>> heck of it, still nothing. If I do type in some nonsense it does give >>> me an error msg : "Error: No device specifications found in the boot >>> command. Invalid boot command line". >>> According to the docs, once I get the correct syntax, the system should load up. >>> Anyone got any advice about that? >>> >>> 2. Anyone here a/was a DG/UX user/admin? you guys are very hard to find :) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> D' >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TUHS mailing list >>> TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org >>> https://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs >> >>