AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1330           7-17-96 
 
 
 
TITLE: SCO OpenServer 5.0 Install NCR PCI SCSI
 
 
SUMMARY 
 
   Systems may report an error after SCO OpenServer installation. 

   This issue applies to all AST systems with NCR PCI SCSI 
   controllers, including the Manhattan P, V, and G and the 
   Premmia GX.


ISSUE 
 
   After initial installation of SCO OpenServer version 5.0, AST 
   systems may report the following error:

     "PANIC: HTFS: Fatal error reading inode block 2626 on HTFS 
     dev hd (1/42)"


BACKGROUND 

   AST systems with an on-board NCR SCSI controller currently ship 
   with a driver  (P/N 911283-314) that is designed for SCO UNIX 
   version 3.2.4.2, or Open Desktop version 3.0.  This driver will not
   work with SCO OpenServer 5.0, resulting in the error message above.


ACTION 

   AST released an updated driver, version 1.08 (part number
   911283-319), which is compatible with OpenServer version 5.0,
   as well as backward compatible with Open Desktop version 3.0
   and UNIX version 3.2.4.2.

   Download file <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ast.com/D-OTHER/11283319.EXE">11283319.EXE</A> from one of AST's On-Line! services as 
   follows:

      AST WWW Site:  http://www.ast.com
      AST On-Line! BBS*:  See IB0001.TXT
      CompuServe:  GO: ASTFORUM
      Prodigy: Jump: astsupport
 
      * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's international BBS  
        numbers. 
 
   To decompress this file, create a temporary directory on your 
   hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that directory, and run 
   the file.  

   For additional information on the Manhattan P,V, and G series and 
   Premmia GX NCR SCSI drivers, see Software Bulletin 0171 (file name
   0171SB.TXT) on one of AST's On-Line! services.


NOTES 
 
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