Re: [cobalt-developers] RAQ XTR SCSI card woes

[Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxx>]

Greg Larkin wrote:
> 
> The SCSI card is not auto-detected at startup, so I have to manually insert
> a kernel module that comes with the OS to get it to work - no problem.  The
> command I have been using is:
> 
> /sbin/modprobe -a aic7xxx
> 
> This worked great on the old box.  On the new one, it causes the machine to
> crash and reboot!  I have tried many different options to both 

can you send me the following output:
	uname -a
	cat /etc/modules.conf
	cat /proc/pci


> Unfortunately, no kernel panic messages show up in the syslog or anywhere
> that I can find.  No messages show up on the serial console port.

does it crash right away?  Or does it hang for a while then crash?
 

> I'm at the point where I'm ready to return these machines back to
> Cobalt and advise the client to go with either a Dell 1U server or a VA
> Linux box.  A big selling point for Cobalt was the "easy" admin GUI for the
> client to administer the box, but I have to question the reliability of the
> hardware and commitment of the organization to make things right.

I can't do anything about these issues myself, but I have passed your story
to the powers-that-be.

Tim

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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@xxxxxxx