Re: install help
- From: "Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 04:11:26 GMT
"Mike Dunton" <xmdunton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43DC15BD.F7493B61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Bob Bailin wrote:
>
> > "Mike Dunton" <xmdunton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:43DA26B9.42504501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I am attempting to install SCO Openserver 5.0.5 on replacement
> > > hardware. The new machine has 2 SCSI controllers - a LSI Logic 21040
> > > (which uses the slha driver) to which a tape drive is attached and a
LSI
> > > Logic 21320 (which uses the lsil driver) which attaches to the only
disk
> > > drive - a Fuji MAP3367NP (36 G) drive. The bios lists the drive as
HBA
> > > 1, ID 0, LUN 0.
> > >
> > > At the boot prompt from the CD install I have tried all combos of
link,
> > > followed by lsil Sdsk=lsil(X,Y,0,0) but the hard drive is never
> > > recognized. The hardware info screen that comes up when attempting
the
> > > install does show the 2 channels(?) of the 21320 adapter but no boot
> > > device. For the time being, I am not even attempting to load the slha
> > > driver for the other card attached to the tape drive.
> > >
> > > The machine is functional - it boots to a FreeDos that was loaded on
the
> > > hard drive.
> >
> > It's possible that the 5.0.5 lsil driver doesn't fully support your
adapter.
> > But first, try to make things as simple as possible: Remove or disable
> > in the system BIOS the 21040 adapter which uses the slha driver.
> > Remove any other PCI cards other than video.
> >
> > Boot from the 5.0.5 install CD and watch the hardware inventory screen
> > for any significant pauses as the drivers test themselves against the
> > hardware. In particular, the blc driver sometimes causes problem and
> > has to be disabled in the bootstring.
> >
> > Write down all the info for the %adapter line(s) and post it here,
> > along with any driver error messages.
> >
> > Also, make sure that the hard disk is plugged into the first bus,
> > not the 2nd. Simply plug the cable into the other channel
> > and see if the BIOS now reports it any differently.
> >
> > And of course, check the basics. Is the disk drive bus properly
> > terminated with an external terminator?
> >
> > Bob
>
> Plugging the cable into the other channel did the trick. It located the
hard
> disk by default. According to the documentation I had for the other LSI
Logic
> controller (the LSI21040), the connector I originally had the drive
plugged into
> was channel A (I had no diagram for the LSI 21320 - they seemed similiar
enough
> in appearance).
>
> Should I have been able to get the system to recognize the drive on the
other
> channel with the proper link command?
Maybe, with the proper Sdsk=lsil(ha,bus,id,lun). On some controllers,
channel no. == bus no., starting at either 0 or 1. On others, this doesn't
work because the channels aren't actually separate SCSI busses.
I don't know which category your adapter falls into.
Bob
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