Re: PSA: Clock drift and pkgin

On Fri, 2023-12-22 23:54:55 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-12-22 22:31:16 +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 22 Dec 2023, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > 
> > > Fetched one of the 4000/60 from storage. Actually that one with the
> > > additional Turbochannel option. However, it doesn't out-of-the-box
> > > work properly with the PiSCSI. :(  So I'm running an update there
> > > first, and then go and re-check termination. (But I think that should
> > > be all okay: On the /96, I unplugged all original internal drives,
> > > added the PiSCSI and an external terminator. On the /60, I made it
> > > exactly the same way, so I *think* that it should work.)
> > 
> >  All the wiring is the same.  Mind that the KA90 mainboard is a drop-in 
> > replacement for the KA60 one.  All the KA60 options are upwards compatible 
> > except for the LCG (replaced with the LCSPX), and the storage interface is 
> > exactly the same (onboard logic is different, but that's another matter).
> 
> So .. check cables again for sitting properly in their sockets, maybe
> exchanging the SCSI cable for the known-working cable in the /96. If
> that doesn't work: Check firmware --- ISTR there was a MOP-bootable
> firmware update file around somewhere. Don't know how recent "my"
> current firmware (KA46-A V1.2-343-V4.0) is. (For KA49, there seems to
> be at least a "KA49-A_V1.3-0BC-V4.4" around.) Ad hoc, I failed to find
> the feprom update files.

After swapping terminators and cables, the conclusion is that one of
the system's SCSI cable's plug doesn't make proper contact to the
cable. Using a different plug on the same cable (which isn't at the
"perfect" location though) makes it work.

So I'm now prepared with a 4000/60 :)

MfG, JBG

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