Quantum Viking + 2940UW = crash

[christian.klein]

5.1 pre 4 seems to have solved my problems (at the bottom so you know
what i'm talking about). Up 22 hours and counting. no problem with huge
file copies anymore.  thanks all!

christian klein
klein002 at bama.ua.edu

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, christian.klein wrote:

> i have a 2940UW with a Quantum Viking 4.5 NSE Rev: 880R, a
> Seagate ST32550N, and a Plextor PX-32CS all connected to the narrow
> channel.  I upgraded to the a 440FX motherboard, a Pentium II 266, and the
> 5.1 aicxxx driver at the same time.  (First, I got a parity error before
> the 5.1 upgrade if that means anything.)  
> 
> However, now i have to disable
> 'enable disconnect' for the quantum in the scsi bios or it will hang the
> scsi bus during large file copies (20+ megabytes).  I did not have to do
> this before with 5.0x drivers, but now, after booting off kernels with the
> 5.0x drivers compiled in, the same thing happens. So, it's not the driver
> or is it?  could my new motherboard/cpu be at fault or is my Quantum
> disk drive buggy?  is it dying?  or do other people have to do this with
> 2940UWs and quantum disks?
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> christian klein
> klein002 at bama.ua.edu     
> 
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