According to Frank van der Linden:
>
>It seems to be an MI problem. People on 3 different architectures have
>reported this now, with or without ncr controllers. I'm also seeing
>a problem with an aic7880. The system doesn't boot from it, so I
>couldn't say if that is also a problem, but what I am seeing is that
>xmcd sometimes hangs, waiting in vain for a scsi command to finish.
>Booting a kernel from July the 30th solves the problem.
>

I too am seeing this on a i386 machine with a ncr.  If I wait for long
enough I am rewarded with a script timeout but the thing never boots
regardless.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, British Aerospace Australia
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