Re: [ProgSoc] Debian/m68k Installation Dramas

[Matt <matt@nospam.telesales.zip.com.au>]

On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 11:00:06PM +1100, Telford Tendys wrote:


>> I've downloaded the latest installation files for the
>> abovementioned system, partitioned a Zip disk accordingly and have
>> run the Penguin preferences, as directed.  It all starts booting as
>> expected then the message:

>> "esp0:Warning, live target 3 not responding to selection"

> (I'm guessing, I've used 68k machines and Linux but not both together)

> esp0 is most likely the name of a task that is trying to save your
> preferences to a device somewhere. I'm guessing that it finds itself
> either unable to write to the Zip disc or possibly there is a
> permission mixup in the files it is trying to access. If you can
> find out exactly which task is running at the time then you can run
> strace on it and figure out which file it is trying to write to.

esp0 i would suspect is the scsi controller 0, from this i would
hazard a guess that your ZIP drive is a scsi one?? it would seem that
the scsi selection process, of which i have the larger part of no
understanding, is not working. do you have your scsi id's set up
properly? (ie no conflicts) that would be my first guess, then check
the cables for bad connections etc. after that try a new zip drive
(borrow one from someone). try possibly using a zip disk that was
formatted on a x86 box using a windows type format (ie 16 bit FAT).

	matt

p.s. or better still mail the m68k linux mailing list and ask there.
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