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Troubleshooting
In the following section you will find commonly asked questions and answers to problems encountered during the installation of your host adapter.
Question: Why isn’t the
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Answer: Verify that all cabling to the host adapter is installed correctly, refer to the hardware installation section of this manual.
Question: On
Answer: Verify that the CMOS interrupt structure is set to INTA and the CMOS IRQ level matches the jumper settings on the motherboard. Refer to your PC user manual.
Question: On
Answer: Verify that each of the SCSI devices on the bus has its own distinct SCSI ID number and all peripherals are receiving power. Refer to your peripheral manual for informa- tion regarding changing SCSI ID’s.
Verify the SCSI Termination is set correctly. Make sure the last peripheral on the SCSI bus has termination. See the peripheral manual for proper termination information.
After the above steps are executed, if you are still not recognizing all attached peripherals, configure the host adapter to operate in an Asynchronous Transfer mode by changing its setting under the SCSI Devices Setup section of the SmartSCSI Setup Utility. This feature is discussed thoroughly in the chapter entitled Host Adapter Setup.
Question: On
Answer: Verify the “DOS SPACE> 1 GB” is enabled in the
Question: Under SCO UnixWare, the system displays a panic message or crashes during bootup:
Answer: Reboot the system and verify that the
In order to boot from the old UnixWare kernel, reboot the system and execute the following steps:
•Begin an interactive boot session by pressing the <SPACEBAR> at the BOOTING UNIXWARE prompt.
•At the system [boot]# prompt, type KERNEL=unix.org <ENTER>
•Type go <ENTER>.
