[KLUG Members] Re: Install issues -- SCSI termination? What are you using?

[Adam Bultman]

Bizarre.  I finally got Red Hat installed.  I almost got debian installed
(I kicked the plug out) but slackware still complained.  Then I threw the
CDs and accidentally scratched them, making them useless.

Anyway, I baked the RH install by accidentally nuking lilo. (no, I didn't
use GRUB).  after that, when I would try to boot from my slack CD to just
get back into RH, I couldn't (crc error).  I'm burning woody and beehive
linux to CD as we speak, and if I find the newest slackware on iso, I'll
try that. But it appears that I got it installed. I took out all other
parts frm the computer (sound, tv card, other drives, etc) and it worked!.
However, it still looks like a computer show threw up in my basement.

Did I mention this? The beeps were from my VIDEO CARD. I put in another
video card, and it stopped beeping like that.  STupid Matrox...
-- Adam Bultman adam@glaven.org [ http://www.glaven.org ]


On 4 Jun 2002, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:22, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > I've disabled the AIC7890 on the motherboard (or rather, told it not to
> > use it-- RH still loads the driver, so it still sees it) and put in my
> > other SCSI cards: Adaptec 2930CU and a Symbios one.  They see all my
> > drives okay, and it boots into the install like the last one. I haven't
> > tried text or low-res yet, although I've failed with low res, too, and
> > the one time I tried text it crashed, so I wasn't sure it was a video
> > proble, or if the text option even existed.
>
> Did you say you are getting the same issues with those cards?
>
> How's your SCSI termination?  Are you using a separate, active
> terminator, or one of the devices?  That Plextor is an SE device, your
> Ultra160 drive is an LVD.  You probably only need SE termination, but
> you never know with Ultra80/160 drives -- they may be looking for LVD
> termination.  If you don't have an LVD terminator, try putting your HD
> at the end of the bus and using its on-board termination.  Make sure it
> is providing terminator power.
>
> > The only thing that bothers me is the nice AWARD BIOS beeps I get
> > occasionally which basically point to "unknown error". Some web sites say
> > "CPU problem", others say it's other items, and to check this and that.
> > I'm not sure it's a CPU problem.  I've tried switching sockets, trying
> > one, the other. A myriad of different configurations.
>
> Some BIOSes beep if you don't have video plugged in.
>
> > I'm befuddled.  But, I'll keep trying.
>
> SCSI termination is usually the culprit if the issue is random.  I like
> to use separate, active terminators -- even on an internal IDC50 cable,
> but especially on 68-pin one.
>
> -- Bryan
>
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