[parisc-linux] HD not bootable after installation....

Pedot, Wolfgang wpedot@harris.com
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:11:53 -0400


Thanks! My System now boots perfectly from HD and Network.
The only disturbing thing is that the new HD is making terrible noise =
:)

greetings
Wolfgang


> "Pedot, Wolfgang" wrote:
> > Well, the HD has a Jumper called "Auto Start" which is set. Without =
that
> > jumper set the HD doesn=B4t spin up. The only Jumpers set now are =
ID,
> > AutoStart and Termination Power. There are others to but I have no =
Idea
> > what they mean..
> >=20
> > Option Block Mode
> > Disable T.I. Sync Negotiations
> > Disable Unit Attention
> >=20
> > Any Ideas?
>=20
> sorry - forgot about TI Sync jumper - you want that disabled
> for workstations...I think servers are ok with having enabled (no =
jumper).
>=20
> "Target Initiated Synchronous Negotiations" is when the Target device
> (eg drive) realizes it doesn't have an agreement with the Initiator
> (eg host controller) about how fast to send "synchronous" data =
(SDTR).
> Even though the SCSI protocol allows this, older products didn't
> do this and the PDC didn't need to (and can't) handle it.
>=20
> grant
>=20
> Grant Grundler
> parisc-linux {PCI|IOMMU|SMP} hacker
> +1.408.447.7253