From: Steven L. Guberman (slg@sci.org)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 06:46:00 EST
First, I must thank Thomas Blinn, Pat O'Brien and Robert Willis for their
helpful answers. The problem was solved accidentally and is described
below after the original question.
"Steven L. Guberman" wrote:
>
> I am trying to install a new boot ide disk into a DS10L using Compaq Unix 5.1A.
> The firmware version 6.0 has been installed. The new disk is a Seagate Barracuda
> ATA IV (ST340016A). Ide disks can be used in DS10L systems. The boot of the
> operating system from the CD proceeds smoothly until SCSI errors begin to
> appear. Note that this system has no SCSI controller or SCSI disk but has a
> video card (Oxygen 3D) installed in the only expansion slot. The boot messages
> are shown below:
>
> normal boot prior to this point
> ata0 at pci 0 slot 13
> ata0: ACER M1543C
> scsi0 at ata0 slot 0 rad 0
> cam_logger: scsi event packet
> cam_logger: bus1 target 0 lun 0
> ss_perform_timeout
> timeout on request on the bus, scheduled bus reset
> active CCB at time of error
> .....
> The system then repeats the scsi messages shown above and does not
> complete the cdrom boot.
> ACER is the embedded ide drive controller. Note that the drive appears
> correctly under >>>sh dev .
> Does anyone have a suggestion for solving this dilemma? Many thanks.
>
The problem appears to be connected to the cdrom drive that was being
used to boot the operating system. The cd drive was borrowed from a DEC Personal
Workstation. For reasons of convenience, I decided to try the boot using a
CD drive from an old Dell PC. To my surprise, the boot errors described above
did not occur and the boot completed successfully. I find this solution to be
rather peculiar. The CD is not damaged. The cables did not seem to have anything
to do with the problem since many different cables were used, always leading to
the same result. Has anyone seen this problem before? Many thanks.
Steve Guberman
slg@sci.org
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