Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 8 Feb 2001 18:16:01 +0200 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: Aic7xxx troubles with 2.4.1ac6 |
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On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 07:53:55AM -0500, you [Doug Ledford] claimed: > Ville Herva wrote: > > > > It looks like ac6 (which I believe includes the patch you posted) is > > still a no-go with 7892. The boot halts and it just prints this once a > > second: > > > > (SCSI0:0:3:1) Synchronous at 160 Mbyte/sec offset 31 > > (SCSI0:0:3:1) CRC error during data in phase > > (SCSI0:0:3:1) CRC error in intermediate CRC packet > > Check your cables, especially the connector on the card and the drive. Look > for any possible bent pins. The message you are seeing is *usually*, but not > always, a legitimate data corruption issue. It doesn't show up under the > 5.2.1 driver because it limits your Quantum drive to 80MByte/s and that > particular speed doesn't include CRC checking. On this driver you have to be > running at 160MByte/s before CRC checking is enabled.
I checked the cables. I think HP didn't supply proper 160 MB/S capable cables (aren't those the ones with wattlings?). When I forced the drive to 80MB/s from bios, not only did aic7xxx/ac6 work like charm, but the BIOS also found the "missing" MBR. Stupid problem ;).
Thanks for your help!
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