Re: Linux 2.0.0 NCR scsi instability

Ralph Sims (ralphs@locus.halcyon.com)
23 Jun 1996 11:54:50 -0700

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In article <4qk18r$md3@freya.yggdrasil.com>,
Adam J. Richter <adam@adam.yggdrasil.com> wrote:
>In article <199606222011.WAA27404@ceres.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>,
>Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
>>> I get all sorts of interesting error messages, like scsi commands
>>> timing out, resetting scsi bus, and so on when I run the Linux 2.0.0
>>
>>did you allow DISCONNECTs (CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_DISCONNECT set) ?
>
> CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_DISCONNECT is not set, and the hard disk

I'd suggest looking at or replacing the SCSI cable. If that doesn't
work, swap in a new controller. I'm using a different motherboard
than you, but the NCR53c810 has been bulletproof under all types
of load.

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