Re: problems with aic7xxx, 34pre 13 vs 34pre15

Doug Ledford (dledford@dialnet.net)
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:22:04 -0500


Hartmut Niemann wrote:
>
> Dear Doug, dear Alan, dear readers!
> I have a onboard AIC 7881U, which repeatedly
> since 34pre15 (I haven't tested 34final yet)
> does not detect the CDROM (NEC) but does detect the IBM DORS hard disk.
> It always does detect the hd, and then something like 'resetting for
> the second half of rettries', and then it doesn't find the CDrom
> (which does NOT have a CD in.)
>
> Everything is absolutely fine with pre13, and I can not find (at first
> glance) a difference between the aic7xxx files of both versions.
> (The only difference in config is Codepage 850 support and ISO8859_1
> support turned on in pre15).
>
> Help!
> What information can I provide to track that strange thing down?

As a sanity check, the official 5.0.19 patch is up on my ftp site, give it a
try and see if anything is different.

-- 

Doug Ledford <dledford@dialnet.net> Opinions expressed are my own, but they should be everybody's.

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