Subject: Re: Old problem on SCSI? (regarding the VLC)
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
From: Brian D Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/10/1999 18:14:11
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:

> I got the VAXstation 4000/VLC to net boot! Yippee! I booted 1.4.1-release
> and it doesn't see the SCSI drive that I know is hiding inside of it (show
> dev shows it as DKA300). Even stranger I didn't even see the device scsi0
> show up so I'm guessing that SCSI is broken on the VLC for now. (cpu is
> KA48 btw)
> 
> I tried booting the 1.4L kernel from netbsd.org with the same results. The
> kernel doesn't see the SCSI bus so it never even attempts to attach any
> SCSI devices.

The only non-MSCP devices supporting SCSI drives with DMA are the early
MV3100 and VS3100 models.  And then rhe VAXstation/MicroVAX 2000 have PIO
SCSI support.

-brian.
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