From: thomas@dagobert.uni-duisburg.de (Thomas Scheunemann) Subject: Re: [Q] AHA 1542C - What's this "host detected - but no mail" error? Date: 5 Jul 1993 11:26:40 GMT
Philippe Steindl (steindl@stud.ee.ethz.ch) wrote:
: Hello linuxers,
: I've recently bought an Adaptec 1542C SCSI host adapter. It runs without
: problems under linux if I disable its BIOS. But I need to enable it again
: every time I need to boot MSDOS. If I boot linux with that BIOS enabled, it
: gives me sort of an "host detected, but no mail" error.
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the correct message is "interupt received but no mail" if I remember correctly
: Since I'm not very happy with an open box, steadily switching the DIP switches
: on the adaptec card every time i change the OS, I'd like to know how to fix
: that or if it's possible.
: Thank you a lot
: Philippe
The problem is that you enabled at least one of the three advanced options
of the AHA1542C. These are
Support for drives bigger than 1GB.
Dynamical scan SCSI-bus for Boot-devices.
Support for more than two drives under DOS.
You will see a warning that these options are not compatible with old
software. As linux accesses the AHA1542C as an AHA1542A the adapter thinks
that you are using old software and "protects" your disk from damage
(i. e. it stops working).
So disable this three options and than you can enable the Bios again.
Hope this helps
Thomas Scheunemann