From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Jan 15 05:06:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16597 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 05:06:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16577 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 05:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nick.hibma@jrc.it) Received: from pacific.jrc.it by mrelay.jrc.it (LMC5688) with SMTP id OAA21233; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:04:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from ross.jrc.it by pacific.jrc.it (4.1/IRSA-ME_1.3m) id AA04073; Thu, 15 Jan 98 14:04:20 +0100 Posted-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:04:19 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:04:19 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@ross.jrc.it Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: ABORTED COMMAND: Initiator detected error message received (fwd) Message-Id: Reply-Path: Nick.Hibma@jrc.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id FAA16584 Sender: owner-freebsd-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just a slight hint, dunno if it is any use. Nick ME-SAI, Joint Research Centre, Italy building: 69 tel.: +39 332 78 9943 fax.: +39 332 78 9648 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:00:06 +0100 From: Neil Corlett To: Nick Hibma Subject: Re: ABORTED COMMAND: Initiator detected error message received (fwd) Was 1991AV series... That lad should set the jumper on the drive so it does not spin down when idle (its a setting). The jumper block will normally be next to the 50pin SCSI connector. Nick Hibma wrote: > Wasn't this what you were talking about lately, Microlpolis drives screwing > up when they are very busy? If you could get an answer, that would > probably useful. > > Send it back and I'll post it. > > Nick. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:10:52 +1030 > From: Greg Lehey > To: FreeBSD SCSI Mailing List > Subject: ABORTED COMMAND: Initiator detected error message received > > I've just been doing some system rebuilding (swapping drives between > two systems), and have run into a large number of the following > messages: > > Jan 13 16:04:27 daemon /kernel: sd0(aha0:0:0): ABORTED COMMAND asc:48,0 > Jan 13 16:04:27 daemon /kernel: sd0(aha0:0:0): Initiator detected error message received > Jan 13 16:04:27 daemon /kernel: , retries:4 > > This is with a somewhat flaky Micropolis drive: > > Jan 11 19:11:23 freebie /kernel: scbus1 at ahc1 bus 0 > Jan 11 19:11:23 freebie /kernel: scbus1 target 0 lun 0: type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > Jan 11 19:11:23 freebie /kernel: sd1 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 > Jan 11 19:11:23 freebie /kernel: sd1: Direct-Access 1001MB (2051615 512 byte sectors) > Jan 11 19:11:23 freebie /kernel: sd1: with 1760 cyls, 15 heads, and an average 77 sectors/track > > The drive has a habit of spinning down and then up again, which > confuses the CD-ROM driver sufficiently for me to require a reboot > before the problem goes away (thus the swap), but I didn't get this > message before on freebie with an ahc (2940) (running -CURRENT for > years). daemon is running 2.2.5 with an aha (1542B). > > The problem doesn't seem to do much harm: the drive still works, but > when it's working hard, I'll get a message every 2 or 3 seconds. I'm > guessing it might be something to do with the bus (I also have four > old 5¼" SCSI drives and an old CD-ROM on the chain). Any suggestions? > > Greg -- email : neil.corlett@jrc.it phone : +39 332 785279 fax : +39 332 789074