pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (05/10/91)
I previously wrote: >I've just got a Intel 403e (33Mhz 486) with 8Mb RAM, 1740 EISA SCSI >and a HP 680Mb SCSI drive (model 97548su I believe). >If I have a SCSI tape unit on the SCSI bus AND >the SCSI tape driver is configured, the kernel >will panic while booting. >I have tried Archive VIPER 2150s and 2060s >and WangDAT drives, without any difference. It turns out the 'EISA Version 1.0' upgrade was the cause of all my trouble. I removed the package, reinstalled the kernel configuration utilities, relinked the kernel and everything works just fine now. I did not need the SSU.7 fix. I got suspicious when I found out the (undocumented) command /etc/test_eisa would panic the system. So did the "CONFIGURE HPDD" option of /etc/kconfig. The EISA upgrade comes with a different kconfig that reads /dev/eisarom to find out what kind of HDU controller you are using. I do not *yet* need the EISA upgrade as the machine now has only 16MB RAM. I should add that the release notes state the upgrade is validated only for COMPAQ DESKPRO and COMPAQ SYSTEMPRO hardware. -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837