> the problem is that if i put the drives on the scsi line (which is
> mastered by an advansys card) the kernel hangs at boot after saying
> > There should be a jumper on the drive to control that. Also when you try
> > and mount a disk the code certainly implies it will send start messages
The Advansys BIOS contains an option menu where
you can tell the card which units need the
start_unit command. I know my ABP940U works
great with old drives...
(got a 1989, 630MB Maxtor disk for my root FS)
Rik -- typing slowly because my kbd is dvorak since sun 19:40...
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