Mark, I'll assume you've run through the rest of the hardware check list: cables, termination (low and high), term power, etc. I just ran a Google search on AIC-7861. Learned it's the same chip as used on the Adaptec 2940AU. I saw more than one trouble report from systems very similar to yours: K6, ATI, AIC-7861... Just a hunch... Do you have a non-ATI video card you can try? If the system lockups go away, that would be strong evidence you have a resource conflict. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 06:29, Mark C wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a major problem, using RedHat 8.0 and a scsi tape drive with a > system of mine, the system specs are: > > ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage II+ > Adaptec AIC-7861 scsi card > HP Surestore 24i tapedrive > ALi M1541 chipset (info got from /proc) > AMD K62-500 CPU > 250 MB Ram > > > I have tried mem test on all the memory and they checkout fine, but when > I go to use amanda and my tape drive, the pc completely locks and there > is loads of output on the console (the time limit, when the machine > locks varies, but it only happens when I backup using the tape drive) > > (this I haven't managed to capture yet, as it would help debugging > purposes.) > > The machine was updated last night to the latest updates via up2date, I > have tried the system on both all the kernels from RedHat and still the > same. > I've reset up the bios and moved the pci cards around, but I still get > the same lockups and output to the screen. > > Can anyone offer any advise on the best way to debug this. > > btw: I have had the tape drive & scsi card in another machine (except > different mainboard,memory and cpu) and it works perfectly. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
