Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!killer!igloo!jjw
From: jjw@igloo.UUCP (John Welch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Disk controllers and weird booting rituals.
Message-ID: <1466@igloo.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 89 01:27:22 GMT
References: <372@merk.UUCP> <423@ispi.UUCP>
Reply-To: jjw@igloo.UUCP (John Welch)
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Organization: igloo, Northbrook, IL
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In article <423@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) writes:
.In article <372@merk.UUCP> brennan@merk.UUCP (Rich Brennan) writes:
..
..  I've just upgraded to this WD-1007 ESDI controller, and it has this
..weird boot sequence:
..
..	  Hard reset the machine (i.e. the reset button), and the machine
..	does its RAM scan, etc. I get a "Hard Disk Controller failed"
..	message from (I think) my BIOS. However, if I do a "soft" reset
.
.
.What kind of computer are you running? What BIOS?  It could be a problem
.in the BIOS not recognizing the card correctly.
.
.Jonathan Bayer			      Beware: The light at the end of the
.Rockville Centre, NY   11570	(516) 766-2867	jbayer@ispi

	We had a similar problem with some 386 motherboards at work - they
would NOT boot unless ctrl-alt-delete was pressed. It *WAS* a BIOS bug,
not the fault of the disk controller. I think we had American Megatrends
bios, but I cannot say just what the rev level was.
	I'd suggest that you try getting a new BIOS upgrade (if available)
and/or try running the controller on a different box (also if available). If
neither of these work, well, good luck.


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  John Welch                                <backbone>!killer!jjw@igloo
 "Oh, reality - it's not for me, and it makes me laugh;
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