On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Felix E. Klee wrote: > I have a DAWICONTROL DC-2975 U SCSI Controler with a CDROM > and an IBM UW HD connected to it. The HD is connected via > an U to UW adapter.
> > loadlin.exe linux ro ncr53c8xx=wide:0 initrd=root.bin root=/dev/ram wide:0 is surely necessary because of the UW-Chip on the adapter. My first thought was, that the handshaking to UW was performed, so the narrow connection would block further transfers. Either the wide:0 does not work for some reason, or the U-to-UW adapter is crap. Maybe you can try switching off ultra speed and see if it works then: loadlin... ncr53c8xx=wide:0,ultra=n ... > The startup messages I get in LINUX: > > ncr53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 12, function 0 > > ncr53c8xx: 53c875 detected > > ncr53c875-0: rev=0x04, base=0xdd800000, io_port=0xd400, irq=11 > > ncr53c875-0: ID 6, Fast-20, Paritiy Checking > > ncr53c875-0: on-board RAM at 0xdd000000 > > ncr53c875-0: restart (scsi reset). > > ncr53c875-0: copying script fragments into the on-board RAM ... I'm not sure if the driver should report the disabled wide mode here. Harald Schueler Universitaet Essen Tel +49-201-183-2456/2566 Fachbereich 7 Fax +49-201-183-2120 45117 Essen E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
