Interesting.

I was hoping to do something similar with my old Raptor 3 Workstation. Does
anyone know if this is possible ?

Joacim

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Oliver Pitterling" <op@terraflux.com>
To: <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:02 AM
Subject: AlphaServer1200 scsi settle wait stalling


> Hi there,
>
> I am trying  to use an old DEC Alpha Server 1200 for NetBSD. Actually,
> the machine was sold as Digital Server 5305 for Windows NT. So, I got
> rid of the Alphabios, went back to the roots by enabling the SRM
> console. Then, I got the ISO for NetBSD 1.6 and booted on the CD.
>
> All goes well on the console, until:
>
> .
> .
> .
> cd0: sync (100.0ns offset 8), 8-bit (10.000MB/s) transfers
> scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle ...
> scsibus1: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle ...
> probe (siop2:0:0:0): command timeout
>
> THATS IT. The machine appears frozen.
> I also tried booting without the SCSI Hotplug drives inserted. Same
> result. However, my CDROM (through which I boot the image) appears
> SCSI.
>
> Any ideas on how to complete the boot process without getting stuck at
> the timeout?
>
> Thanks,
> Oliver
>
>