Subject: Re: Any alternatives to fx(1) for creating a boot able hard drive on an O2?
To: Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@rezrov.net>
From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 03/18/2004 23:04:33
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 01:57:09PM +0900, Christopher SEKIYA wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:54:56PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote:
> > My guess is that I need to set one or more "BIOS" options to tell it
> > what to boot on the harddrive.
> 
> Check cabling/termination on the drive.  This is not an ARCS problem.

It's an IBM 76H5817 4.51GB SCA SCSI drive. There aren't really any
"cables" to speak of, just the SCA all-in-one connector. I'll try
jumpering the "active term (enable NAR mode for 68DF & 80 pin" jumper
and see if that helps.

-T


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