disk controller problem?

[Tony Alfrey]

On Thursday 30 January 2003 09:07 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > > I'm not sure.  It's hard for me to see SCSI ID assignments if I
> > > don't boot an OS so I can then run fdisk.
> >
> > Next time it happens, I'll boot from a floppy and see if I can get
> > fdisk running that way.
>
> fdisk really has no part in this process.  This isn't an OS level
> issue.

I meant to use it to see if the device names sda, sdb, etc. were being 
assigned.

<snip>
>
> That might be the problem, although i'd be equally concerned if the
> SCSI BIOS got corrupted.

This is essentially what I was trying to say.

>
> > On SCSI controller boot-up (after bios boot), I see SCSI ID numbers
> > (the jumper selections on the SCSI connector) but nowhere do I see
> > a graphical display of SCSI IDs such as sda, sdb, etc.  Isn't that
> > part of the kernel??
>
> I'm referring to the SCSI IDs, not OS level disk name nomenclature.

BTW, the problem seems to have disappeared for now.
It makes me nervous.

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Tony Alfrey
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