Subject: RE: Odd Lombard Failures ...Please Help!
From: Fuller, John (JFuller@doe.mass.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 06:51:53 MST
One other thing you might check . . . if you have added a new SCSI card to
your system and the SCSI device is an older one, you may need to dumb down
your card. I installed a Adaptec 2940 card in my G4 and could not boot
several of my SCSI devices. I reverted to a 2930 where you can set the
compatibility of the data speed for older devices and all is well. Symptoms
were identical to what you describe.
Hope it helps.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Jazz Masterson [mailto:ctfh@ziplink.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 1:25 AM
To: YDL General
Subject: Odd Lombard Failures ...Please Help!
I am beginning to suspect a hardware problem with my Lombard. If anyone
could
tell me whether these problems are unusual, I'd appreciate it:
Details: 64Mb RAM, 4Gb hd, 2 HFS partitons, 1 root, 1 swap. YDL 1.1 CS,
totally untouched install, Mac OS 8.6
In Mac OS *or* Linux: The system freezes when attempting to read an
external
SCSI device. Needs to be hard-rebooted (using the kill button recessed into
the
back of the case). After reboot, if SCSI device is plugged into computer
(even
if it's not powered on), the system hangs before the "happy mac."
Neither Linux nor Mac OS can recognize my Epson Stylus Photo 750 printer.
Another machine recognizes it fine, with the same cable.
System hangs on 'booting..." in Linux. Literally; that's all that appears
before it freezes. Or, boots fine, won't start X. The "Mysteriously
Murdered"
error. (XConfig seemed to run fine during install.) *Or* X runs fine. No
rhyme or reason to any of these variants. Sometimes it hangs when I
"shutdown."
Sometimes not. It won't boot at all in "single" mode, ever. I've never
managed
to use it long enough to shut it down gracefully.
I know it isn't just YDL; I've installed and run it on another machine,
fine.
I've got the correct partition set in BootX. Triple-checked it.
I've zapped PRAM, reformatted the hard drive *four* times, and I just redid
the
Linux partition table, wiped it clean, restarted the installer, and
installed a
default system; doesn't boot at all, regardless of whether it's at startup
or
from BootX App. :/
To make matters worse, the lack of SCSI access means I can't back my system
up
here. I have to travel 200 miles to my office location with an ethernet
tape
backup system. Not happening until March 24th or so.
Other Lombard users: Any of this sound familiar? It's still under
warranty, I
can have it serviced if it *is* a hardware problem. If. :)
Help?
Thanks in advance...
-- Jazz
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