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- From: lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Sparc 2 panics with Fast SCSI/buffered ethernet installed
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.041057.19626@ukw.uucp>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 04:10:57 GMT
- References: <BzGn8v.Mz8@well.sf.ca.us>
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- gaarder@well.sf.ca.us (Steve Gaarder) writes:
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- >I have actually succeeded in getting a Fast SCSI/Buffered Ethernet (FSBE)
- >card, but have not succeed in getting it to work. When it is installed
- >in my SparcStation 2, I get 2 errors. During the probe time, the
- >message "esp1: no dma controller" appears. Later, I get:
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- >le1: panic: can't initialize chip
-
- >and the system dumps core and halts. I've talked to Sun tech support;
- >sending me a new board didn't work, and now they're pretty clueless.
- >Any clues?
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- I believe you need a driver upgrade with this card. It uses a different
- controller chip. And, I believe, it is a slave device.
-
- Which SunOS release are you running?
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