Subject: RE: G4/400/Yikes & Adpt 2940U2W SCSI
From: Blottman John B NPRI (BlottmanJB@npt.nuwc.navy.mil)
Date: Sat Nov 20 1999 - 12:58:39 MST
Richard,
I am assuming that it is the adaptec drivers that is causing me grief.
I ripped out the controler, and installed ydl on an external (apple scsi
controller) without a hitch. Unfortunately, that build of linux will
not then recognize the adaptec either. During boot off the external, I
get the scsi: aborting command....
For the internal UW device installation,
I ran Apple Drive Setup and created two partitions. HFS and
unallocated. I installed MAC OS 8.6 on the HFS partition.
Then I installed BootX, and the ram_disk from ydl's CD (I tried 1.1.3
and even 1.2b2 too)
>From BootX I tried "no video drivers", and even hda=noautotune, although
this was NOT required during the build on the external.
Booting begins. hda is recognized. the scsi buses are recognized, and
identified. Then I get the message:
scsi: aborting command due to timeout pid 0, scsi0 channel 0, id 0 lun 0
0x 00 00 0 00
and the bus goes through a loop of resetting. Game over.
Thanks,
john
> ----------
> From: Richard Bookman
> Subject: Re: G4/400/Yikes & Adpt 2940U2W SCSI
>
> John,
>
> Not sure I have any real insights. And I did use an "Adeptec 2940U2W
> PCI
> for Macintosh" package.
>
> I did run Apple's Hard Drive Utility first and set up two partitions,
> one of which was unallocated. (The other, by defauilt was made into
> HFS.) This did mean that the low-level Apple Drivers were installed on
> the drive along with some other small Apple partitions that the YDL
> install guide says to leave in place. I left those untouched.
>
> The actual partitioning done under Apple HardDrive Setup probably
> doesn't matter too much bec I changed (almost) everything using the
> partitioning tools in the YDL distribution.
>
> I'm pretty sure that you must be able to see the drive with HardDrive
> Setup bec/ until I did that, nothing worked.
>
> How far do you get in the installation? Got "no video drivers"
> checked?
> Got "hda=noautotune" (or whatever is right for your box) in the kernel
> options?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Richard
>
> Blottman John B NPRI wrote:
> >
> > HI,
> >
> > Success with the Adaptec card intrigues me. I have been trying
> > everything to install on an internal UW SCSI drive with no luck.
> Mine
> > is a Beige G3 , and 3940UW card.
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> > John
> >
> > Richard Bookman wrote:
> >
> > >Just FYI: I've now gotten the install to run through using
> an
> > extra
> > >9.1Gb U2W SCSI drive, internally mounted and talking to an
> > Adaptec
> > >2940U2W card in PCI slot 2.
> >
> > John Blottman
> > blottmanjb@npt.nuwc.navy.mil
>
John Blottman
blottmanjb@npt.nuwc.navy.mil
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