whitey@whitey.austin.ibm.com (/2113674) (06/14/91)
Has anyone ever successfully used an IBM 6451-109 non-cached SCSI adapter card with the AIX 1.2.1? I was able to use it with no problems with AIX 1.2 with 1008PTF's. But it appears broken now in 1.2.1. It does not even recognize that I have the SCSI adapter in the machine. I even went to the extreme by installing 1.2.1 on just the ESDI drive and then ran devices adding the SCSI support then rebuilding the kernel. I rebooted and ran minidisks, and still the machine does not recognize my SCSI adapter and my SCSI HD. Is there something special that I have to do to make this work? Also, when I did have 1.2.1 running on just the ESDI drive, I accessed the 5-1/4 floppy, which seemed to be only accessible through /dev/fd0, and when I got an error from the 5-1/4 from whatever cause, it reverted back to the 3-1/2 drive and in order to use my 5-1/4 drive again, I had to reboot the system. Is this really the way that this works? Or is there some command that I have to run to switch between the two drives that seem to share the same /dev mknod file? Any help on either of the above 2 problems would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Tim H. White INTERNET: whitey@innerdoor.austin.ibm.com VNET: WHITEY @ AUSVMQ Opinion's expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer
hh2@prism.gatech.EDU (HAAS) (06/15/91)
In article <8453@awdprime.UUCP> whitey@whitey.austin.ibm.com (/2113674) writes: > >Has anyone ever successfully used an IBM >6451-109 non-cached SCSI adapter card with the >AIX 1.2.1? I was able to use it with no problems >with AIX 1.2 with 1008PTF's. But it appears >broken now in 1.2.1. It does not even recognize >that I have the SCSI adapter in the machine. (Thanks for the info . . ) No. 1st let me say that the ONLY drive I have on my 80 is a 660 SCSI. I've had to do a binary patch on earlier versions to get the install code to work, and I patched the 1.2.1 disk in the same fasion, BUT . . When I began the installation of 1.2.1, it failed when it came time to "run the system from hard disk" It DID access the disk on install, it DID make the minidisks, I just assumed that the patch I made worked for the 1.2 install code, but not for the 1.2.1 install code. Anyway, my only choice was to re-install 1.2, and when I considered the long and contorted process I was about to undertake, AGAIN, I said to HELL with it, and I now have one *nice* DOS box. If I added up the time I've spent circumventing the problems encountered by AIX PS/2, I have certainly spent more $$ time than the list price of ALL AIX software available today, and that's at minimum wage!! *WHEN* AIX was runinng, I liked it VERY MUCH. But I like a Jaguar XJS, too (when it runs) I just can't afford the down-time and shop fees of either. I reported the install code problem to IBM damn near six months ago, and just last week they finally said "well, I guess we're gonna issue an APAR on this one". Gee, thanks. In the mean time, what the hell do I do with this $10,000 high-tech contraption in the corner of my office? It's a darn shame. If I were you, I'd demand my money back . . . hh ---