RE: [TCLUG:2831] VArStation and RedHat 5

[Brad DeJong <1796@mn3.lawson.lawson.com>]

It is my understanding that NCR sold off their SCSI chip business 2 - 3   
years ago to Symbios.  Then LSI Logic bought Symbios and makes SCSI chips   
under the brand name Symbios.  The part numbers came across more or less   
intact.  The NCR 53c810 Fast SCSI-II controller became the SYM 53c810 and   
so on.  The weird thing is that it seems like NCR is also still making   
these.  Maybe some kind of second source agreement or something?

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From:  Bob Tanner
Sent:  Tuesday, December 15, 1998 6:49 PM
To:  tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com; Brad DeJong
Subject:  [TCLUG:2831] VArStation and RedHat 5.2

   

I bought a VArStation a while back and I am now upgrading it to Redhat
5.2. Since VAResearch only sells Linux compatible hardware and I have
been running 5.1 for months I thought an upgrade would be a piece of
cake.

Wrong.

When I start the upgrade and the installation program wants to load
the SCSI module for the NCT 53C8xx it just hangs. I can still switch
virtual consoles, and mess around in the bash shell in VC-2. But
nothing else.

Weird part is the packing list says I have a Simbios ultra-2 SCSI
control. Is this an NCR compat card?

Any other ideas? Like maybe some boot-time commandline parameters?

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