The original question was:
> We've installed a PMAZC-AA 2 SCSI controller card into an
> Alpha 3000/300. After installation, the card can be seen as Turbo
> Channel 0, devices A & B with the ">>> t tc0 cnfg" command.
> (show device does not recognize the card, it only shows internal
> controller A and it's devices)
>
> After booting with a generic kernel and running doconfig I boot the
> new kernel. However, I cannot tell whether the new devices are
> available to the system. I've looked at the /var/adm/messages file
> to see if the device is recognized, but the startup messages from the
> old kernel and the new one listed the same devices.
>
> What would the SCSI ids for devices on Turbo Channel 0/A be?
> Does anyone have experience installing this card?
The solution:
The card was being recognized by the operating system. Our confusion
was due to the fact that the system was running version OSF 2.0 and the
controller was specified as "asc" instead of "scsi" in the configuration file.
The disk device ended up as rz17c.
Thanks to the following for their quick and helpful responses:
Dr. Tom Blinn
F.U. Mucke
Kurt Carlson
Gyula Szokoly
Randy Hayman
Robert Schneider
Ram Rao
alan_at_dec.com
Sam Sarasin
Received on Mon Jun 09 1997 - 19:44:39 NZST