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Is there a way of determining the board type, other than opening the box |
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and removing the card. I don't have it's original box. |
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Thanks. |
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On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 07:39 -0600, Brett Johnson wrote: |
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> On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 10:32:20AM +0000, Gavin Seddon wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > When I modprobe initio I get the single word 'killed' at which the whole |
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> > system freezes and I have to switch off at the box. Do I need to modify |
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> > the kernel? |
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> > Thanks. |
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> > |
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> What model initio board do you have? There are two |
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> different initio drivers, and the one called "initio" is for the 9100 |
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> series chipset. It's possible loading the wrong chipset could lock up |
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> the pc, or at least the console. When the console locks up, I like to go |
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> to a different terminal (pc) and see if I can ping the frozen pc. If so, |
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> then try to ssh in (assuming ssh is running) and see if I can shut it |
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> down remotely. |
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> |
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> All you should need configure in the kernel is: |
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> CONFIG_SCSI: SCSI device support |
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> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST: SCSI tape support |
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> And depending of the controller chipset, either: |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO: Initio 9100U(W) support |
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> CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100: Initio INI-A100U2W support |
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> This assumes you don't have an Onstream tape drive of a multi slot tape |
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> drive. If so, there are a few extra drivers needed, but that's not the |
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> issue you are having at this time. |
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> If the tape drive is external, you can try and shut off the drive before |
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> you boot the PC and then see if you can get the module to load. It's |
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> possible that there is something wrong with the SCSI bus (bad tape drive, |
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> improper termination) that is causing the driver to hang the system. You |
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> should also confirm you have proper termination on the SCSI bus. |
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> Also, you can refer to: http://www.initio.com/support/download.htm#pc. |
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> It appears the inito driver in the kernel supports most of their boards, |
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> but if you have a really old board (INI-9100/9100W), you may need to |
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> download a seperate driver. There is also a link to flash the bios, but I |
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> would only try that as a last resort. |
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> |
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> Brett |
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Dr Gavin Seddon |
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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University of Manchester |
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Oxford Road, Manchester |
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M13 9PL, U.K. |
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