> > /usr/mdec/binstall works, although I still can't boot from
> > this disk.  The PROM probe-scsi prints 'Target 1' a newline, and then
> > hangs ... It's an IBM 94G2441 540MB drive.  Could power problems
> > cause something like that?  Any other ideas?  The 207MB drive
> > works, but I'd like a little more space.  I suppose I'll
> > have to try it in an external enclosure now.
> > 
> > ...and that didn't work.  Any other reasons the drive would
> > work fine but not be bootable?
> 
> I'm not sure what you're saying.  A disk that doesn't probe via probe-scsi
> "work[s] fine"?  You certainly have to be able to see the disk from the
> PROM with no problems in order to boot from it or do anything else  :-)

	I have a ~500MB IBM drive with SGI firmware - might be the same
	model - in an IPX which either hangs or clears the screen under
	probe-scsi. Runs NetBSD nice and fine though... :)

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