I took out one of my A3000's yesterday to put in some of my
"excess" hardware and get it working as a backup.
I am using the original Quantum LPS 105 drive that came with
the A3000. I installed OS3.9 on it long ago (Wise choice...)
and it boots up just fine on the stock A3000.
However, I have now added a few cards, mainly a CSPPC, PIV,
GVP PhonePAK and an Ariadne II, (stuff I had lying around)
I can not get it to boot from the native scsi. I turned off
all the LUNS in the CSPPC. I can see it detecting the drive,
but it just will not boot.
I made sure I do not have the SCSIPATCH set in the CSPPC flashrom.
If I put in my Spitfire SCSI controller it boots fine, but with
that one I can not get an external CD-Rom to work. Again
it detects it, but once I access it it locks.
So, I tried an Oktagon controller. That one did not do anything at all.
Since it is a backup, I would be happy if I could get the native SCSI to work.
Would upgrading the SCSI chip on the MB make a difference? I
am not sure what version it is.
Any ideas?