Ohh, I see, you have a SGI1400L.
And yes, the user guide I found on your web states that they are on
the mainboard.
Well, it might be a loading order thing.
With initrd the kernel is already up and running when you add the
ncr-module. But I agree it seems very strange. And I have not had
any problems with those controllers before and I always compile in the
ncr stuff.
Since I don't have any clue how to solve the problem, I'd go back to
basics.
You could check your scsi bios settings (control-c at boot according
to the user guide). Make sure everything is correctly terminated.
Verify all devices show up, and such...

Regards,
/Karl

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From: Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ncr53c8...
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 10:14:32 -0800

> "Karl B. Hammar" wrote:
> > 
> >   Since no one else seem to answer...
> > 
> >   To get it to boot:
> > remove all controllers but the one with the boot disk
> > if it doesn't boot, put the controller in a different pci slot and
> > try again till you have found out which slots works
> ---
>       The controller are all on the motherboard, I believe.
> > 
> >   Then add cards and see if the kernel finds them.
> > Maybe they have to be on the same pci bus?
> ---
>       But why does it work with it as a 'module' but not compiled
> in?  That's the part I'm stumped on.  I mean if I want to boot, I can
> just use the module system rather than relying on hardware ordering.  But
> I am just wanting to know why 1 works and not the other.  Very very strange,
> IMO.
> 
> > I assume you are working on a mips-based system (irq=56..58, SGI),
> > so I cannot reproduce your problem here.
> ---
>       It's a 4-CPU Xeon based, 1G, low end server we sell.
> 
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