In message <5.2.0.9.0.20030306230326.02819068@getmail.hoekstra.com>, you write:
 

-> Hello Everyone,
-> 
-> Well, I'm new to this list, new to SGI-hardware and new to 
-> netbsd-sgimips(but I run netbsd-sparc for a while now...) ;-). I've gotten 
-> myself a Challenge S R5000SC180 and I'm trying to netboot it and install 
-> netbsd on it.
-> 
-> I got everything sorted out as far as I could find online and in the 
-> archives, but I haven't found an answer to this problem:
-> 
-> Whenever I try to boot from netbsd-INDY_INSTALL (I also tried 
-> netbsd-GENERIC_INDY, same problem)
-> 
[...]
-> wdsc0 at hpc0 offset 0x44000: WD33C93B SCSI, rev=0, target 7
-> scsibus2 at wdsc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
[...]
-> scsibus2: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
-> MSGOUT Failed!
-> wd33c93_intr: LCI asr:c0 csr:1f
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): wdsc0: timed out; asr=0x20 [acb 0x88be2000 (flags 0x1, 
-> dleft 20)], <state 5, nexus 0x88be2000, resid 20, msg(q 80,o 0)>
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): ABORT in timeout: csr=0xff, asr=0x20
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): sending ABORT command
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): Resetting bus: WD33C93B SCSI, rev=0, target 7
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): wdsc0: timed out; asr=0x00 [acb 0x88be2000 (flags 0x41, 
-> dleft 20)], <state 8, nexus 0x88be2000, resid 20, msg(q 80,o 0)>
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): ABORT in timeout: csr=0x01, asr=0x00
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): sending ABORT command
-> probe(wdsc0:0:1:0): sending DISCONNECT to target
-> wd33c93_wait: TIMEO @877 with asr=x0 csr=x1

I'd make sure that your SCSI bus is correctly terminated, etc.  However,
there are some known (?) bugs IIRC with timeout handling in the wd33c93
SCSI driver.  Unfortunately, I forgot all the little SCSI clue I once had,
so I don't even have good diags for you to try.  Does `hinv' from the PROM
report the drive OK, or does IRIX see it if you have an IRIX installation?

--rafal

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Rafal Boni                                              rafal.boni@eDial.com
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