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Date:      Thu, 28 Dec 1995 23:53:48 +0100
From:      se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
To:        Jeff Bewley <wabbit@ionet.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive?
Message-ID:  <199512282253.AA06330@Sysiphos>
In-Reply-To: Jeff Bewley <wabbit@ionet.net> "Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive?" (Dec 24,  0:41)

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On Dec 24,  0:41, Jeff Bewley wrote:
} Subject: Re: Install probs: NCRc810/HP drive?
} I managed to use the scroll-lock to get a copy of the messages
} as the install disk starts up, but the messages after I select
} "Quit" fly by *way* too fast to even focus on. (They're the
} ones with the COMMAND ABORTED in them):
} ---
} ncr0 <ncr 53c810 scsi> rev 2 int a irq 10 on pci:0:10
} ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
} (ncr0:0:0) "HP C3725S 4299" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
} scd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct Access
} scd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-@ 100ns (10 mb/sec) offset 8
} 2069MB (4238836 512 byte sectors)
} (ncr0:1:0) "MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-504 ST22" type 5 removable SCSI 2
} cd0(ncr0:1:0): 200ns (5MB/sec) offset 8
} cd present.[308956x2048 byte records]
} ---
} 
} I'm becoming more and more convinced that this is a hardware problem
} on my end, but I'm not sure where to look.  The box is less than
} a month, old, so a marginal NCR card or PCI bus might be to blame.(?)
} You'd think, though, that Win95 or Linux would choke on either of
} those two problems. Strange. (win95 scandisk found 500k of bad
} blocks on the HP drive, which worries me a bit)

Hmm, 500.000 bad blocks on a single drive ???
Guess you really got some hardware problem ...

Can you try a more recent kernel ?

A few small changes have gone into the NCR driver,
and one particular fix might help in your case. 
I don't currently understand, why it might make a 
difference, but it is reported to have helped in 
one other case where the system didn't work reliable.

I could send you a patch, or make a kernel available 
via FTP.

Regards, STefan

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 Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen		Tel:	+49 221 4706021
 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln	FAX:	+49 221 4705160
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