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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:28:48 +0200 (EET)
From:      mika ruohotie <bsdscsi@shadows.aeon.net>
To:        dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault)
Cc:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, gilbertd@cs.man.ac.uk, scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Medium error messages - how to read
Message-ID:  <199703140828.KAA26719@shadows.aeon.net>
In-Reply-To: <199703131403.JAA07232@hda.hda.com> from Peter Dufault at "Mar 13, 97 09:03:42 am"

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[my scsi probs]

> You need to store the settings permanently by saving them in the non-volatile
> page or they will reset at the next power cycle.  Use a "-P 3" with
> the same command.

why my drives disallow me to set the ARRE to 1? i tried multiple times.

even if i edit that, when i look the value after save&exit it's 0 again.

this is what i have now:

pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 1        
AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld):  1 
ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld):  0 
TB (Transfer Block):  1 
RC (Read Continuous):  0 
EER (Enable Early Recovery):  0 
PER (Post Error):  0 
DTE (Disable Transfer on Error):  0 
DCR (Disable Correction):  0 
Read Retry Count:  34 
Correction Span:  41 
Head Offset Count:  0 
Data Strobe Offset Count:  0 
Write Retry Count:  34 
Recovery Time Limit:  0 
pluto# 


> > set check(rrc)   {1   8     0 "The read retry count is 0"}
> > set check(wrc)   {1  12     0 "The write retry count is 0"}
> > set check(wce)   {8   1     0 "The write cache is not enabled"}
> > set check(rcd)   {8   3     1 "The read cache is disabled"}

those werent listed, relevant?

actually i looked other pages (without knowing actually what i was
doing except that i assumed it being "safe")

pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 8
WCE:  0 
MF:  0 
RCD:  0 
Demand Retention Priority:  0 
Write Retention Priority:  0 
Disable Pre-fetch Transfer Length:  65535 
Minumum Pre-fetch:  0 
Maximum Pre-fetch:  249 
Maximum Pre-fetch Ceiling:  65535 

should i edit that wce value to 1? (well, i did try, and it returns 0 just
like the other value i twiddled with)

(for the record on my quantum drive those all were "right" as default)

pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 3
Tracks per Zone:  5 
Alternate Sectors per Zone:  11 
Alternate Tracks per Zone:  0 
Alternate Tracks per Logical Unit:  5 
Sectors per Track:  186 
Data Bytes per Physical Sector:  512 
Interleave:  1 
Track Skew Factor:  36 
Cylinder Skew Factor:  36 
SSEC:  0 
HSEC:  1 
RMB:  0 
SURF:  0 
pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 4
Number of Cylinders:  5714 
Number of Heads:  5 
Starting Cylinder-Write Precompensation:  0 
Starting Cylinder-Reduced Write Current:  0 
Drive Step Rate:  0 
Landing Zone Cylinder:  0 
RPL:  0 
Rotational Offset:  0 
Medium Rotation Rate:  7200 
pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 0
96 03 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 
pluto# scsi -f /dev/rsd1.ctl -m 2
Buffer Full Ratio:  128 
Buffer Empty Ratio:  128 
Bus Inactivity Limit:  50 
Disconnect Time Limit:  0 
Connect Time Limit:  0 
Maximum Burst Size:  0 
DTDC:  0 

does that look sane? as it seems obvious, i only use scsi devices. 

> Peter


mickey



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