Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 22:49:01 -0800 (PST) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.org> To: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: SCSI setup problem Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980302222649.25095B-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>
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Hello again, I just installed an Adaptec 2940UW (ultra-wide) SCSI controller into my system, replacing the existing plain 2940, in order to support a new IBM 4.3 GB ultra-wide SCSI drive. My system appears to have recognized everything with no problem (snippet from dmesg below), with the exception of one line that I'll point out. However, I am having difficulty partitioning this new drive. My setup before installing the ultra-wide controller and drive was a plain 2940 (narrow) and two narrow SCSI drives on IDs 0 and 2. Now I have the 2940UW with the same two narrow drives, plus the wide drive on ID 4. Here is the dmseg output: ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI host adapter> rev 1 int a irq 11 on pci0:14 ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle ahc0:A:0: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers Unexpected busfree. LASTPHASE == 0xe0 [That's the odd line I was referring to.] SEQADDR == 0x41 (ahc0:0:0): "QUANTUM LPS540S 5900" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 516MB (1057616 512 byte sectors) ahc0:A:2: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers (ahc0:2:0): "QUANTUM TRB850S 0403" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 810MB (1660299 512 byte sectors) (ahc0:4:0): "IBM DCAS-34330W S61A" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd2(ahc0:4:0): Direct-Access 4134MB (8467200 512 byte sectors) When using the disk partition editor, I created a single slice using the "A = Use Entire disk" option. I then wrote out the changes and got the message "Wrote FDISK partition information out successfully.". Next, I went to the Disk label editor, where I saw sd2 and its 4133 MB of free space. I tried creating a single partition within the slice, and also tried creating two (which was my original goal). Neither worked; the partitions got created, but when disklabel tried to create the filesystems, it got the message: Error mounting /dev/sd2s1e on /usr2 : Invalid argument /usr2 is where I told it to mount the partition. The same thing happened when I tried to create 2 separate partitions -- one error message for each. I also tried creating 2 slices with the partition editor, and then creating a single partition on each slice using the disk label editor; got the same results. I did *not* use the Adaptec BIOS to format or verify the drive first, but have been told that it's not necessary to do that, either. After the first failure, though, I tried using the scsiformat program to low-level format the drive. Didn't help, though. At this point, I'm at a loss. I have a 4.3 GB drive that I don't seem to be able to do anything with except make spin really fast. Anyone have any suggestions on how to make this work? If someone can give me a solution, I'll have a pizza delivered to your house (assuming you're in the continental United States). :) Thanks in advance, Bryce ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.org * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.org/~data * * "Stop smirking, Number 1." -- J.L. Picard * * "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop!" -- EMH Program, ST:FC * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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