linux-apus-user

Re: APUS dosn't recognise my BlizzPPC-SCSI HDs

[Oliver R. <ol...@fu...>]

Hi Christoph,

On 06-Jun-03 13:01:46, Christoph Gutjahr wrote:

> I'm new to this list and I hope this is not a FAQ ;-)
>
> I tried to install LinuxAPUS recently, using the 2.2.10-000927 kernel and
> the latest version of boothack (both downloaded from the sourceforge
> site). I used the ramdisk images (both the test image and the RH
> installer image) from the AmigaFormat CD.
>
> My Setup:
>
> BlizzPPC 68040/25 + 603/210, SCSI, 32 MB, BlizzardVision, AmigaOS 3.9
> Drives: 2x4.2 GB SCSI HD (ID0, ID1), SCSI CD-ROM (ID4, terminated).
>
> According to the supplied readme, the kernel supports my SCSI-host. I
> prepared two partitions (LNX\00 and SWP\00, as described in the docs) and
> tried to boot using this commandline:
>
> bootstrap --apus -k vmlinux -r ramdisk.image.gz root=/dev/ram
> video=pm2fb:mode:800x600-60
[...]
> Any hints?

I think you need to add "nobats" (minus quotes) to the bootstrap
command-line, IIRC, to allow the BlizzPPC SCSI support to work.  At least,
that's what I use here, and everything is fine (my root partition is on
a SCSI drive).  I'm sure I remember reading that nobats was required,
but can't remember where.

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Re: APUS dosn't recognise my BlizzPPC-SCSI HDs

[Christoph G. <C.G...@gm...>]

Hi Oliver!

> I think you need to add "nobats" (minus quotes) to the bootstrap
> command-line, IIRC, to allow the BlizzPPC SCSI support to work.  At least,
> that's what I use here, and everything is fine (my root partition is on
> a SCSI drive).  I'm sure I remember reading that nobats was required,
> but can't remember where.

Thanks for the hint. I'm one step further now (it *does* recognise my drives),
but a new problem appeared.

The kernel recognises the drive(s), but it gets stuck in an endless loop as soon
as it tries to "identify" the first drive in the chain. Lots of error messages
(quote: "Duh? Bad things happening in the NCR driver"). It's not a problem with
a specific HD, I tried both.

Could you tell me how you configured the node that your SCSI drive is connected
to is configured in the BPPC early startup menu? I've got no idea about all
those settings. What kernel parameters are you using? Thanks in advance.

Regards
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Re: APUS dosn't recognise my BlizzPPC-SCSI HDs

[Oliver R. <ol...@fu...>]

Hi Christoph,

On 06-Jun-03 18:22:33, Christoph Gutjahr wrote:

>> I think you need to add "nobats" (minus quotes) to the bootstrap
>> command-line, IIRC, to allow the BlizzPPC SCSI support to work.  At
>> least, that's what I use here, and everything is fine (my root partition
>> is on a SCSI drive).  I'm sure I remember reading that nobats was
>> required, but can't remember where.

> Thanks for the hint. I'm one step further now (it *does* recognise my
> drives), but a new problem appeared.
>
> The kernel recognises the drive(s), but it gets stuck in an endless loop
> as soon as it tries to "identify" the first drive in the chain. Lots of
> error messages
> (quote: "Duh? Bad things happening in the NCR driver"). It's not a
> problem with a specific HD, I tried both.

Hmmm... Can't say I've ever had that problem :(

> Could you tell me how you configured the node that your SCSI drive is
> connected to is configured in the BPPC early startup menu? I've got no

I'm not sure if these have any effect on LinuxAPUS, but I have both
the SCSI and NCR SCSI patches disabled (in the system section).  For
the SCSI section I have everything set to auto.  However, for the SCSI
IDs that I'm not using, I have manually set those all to NO LUN, so
those IDs aren't scanned - figured it might speed things up.

> idea about all those settings. What kernel parameters are you using?
> Thanks in advance.

I've absolutely no idea, sorry :(  I'm using one of the older kernels -
IIRC, it's the same one that was supplied on an Amiga Active CD-ROM
some time ago (possibly 2.2.10).  I've had nothing but problems with
the 2.4 kernels, so I just stick with the old one :)  I don't use
Linux much anyway - just occassional testing with Mozilla and Opera.

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