Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:25:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> Cc: Soenke.Behrens@conner.com, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Conner Drive Probs (Was: Re: Stable as bad with Adaptec as NCR) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.92.960401102112.281C-100000@ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199604010714.KAA22342@office.elvisti.kiev.ua>
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On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > # "Marc G. Fournier" wrote in message ID > # <Pine.BSF.3.91.960329093949.568B-100000@ki.net>: > # > # > (aha0:0:0): "CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 243F" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > # > sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 1013MB (2074880 512 byte sectors) > # > # I would be EXTREMELY suspicious of this drive. From my machine: > # > # (ahc0:0:0): "CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 1823" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > # sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 1013MB (2074880 512 byte sectors) > # > # This drive (or rather, certain versions of it) are EXTREMELY unstable > # when used with non-DOS based environments. I believe it has something > # to do with FreeBSD requesting larger data transfers than DOS, and the > # microcode on the drive being screwed up, and not always handling it > # properly. > > That's (I think) is not an issue at least for Marc. > > Your drive has firmware revision 1823 and it needs an upgrade > to revision 203C or better, and revision 243F seems to be Ok. > At least we here have three Conner 1060S drives: > two of them were upgraded and are Ok since that day, the third > one is "1080 sold as 1060" (Sun-style drive with a small 80pin > connector and an interface part) and seems to be Ok too, > though without a heavy load. > > The person to speak about an upgrade is <Soenke.Behrens@conner.com> > I don't think the 243F is okay, or else it is my other Conner drive that is giving problems: (ncr0:3:0): "CONNER CFA540S 13B0" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 sd3(ncr0:3:0): Direct-Access sd3(ncr0:3:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8. 515MB (1056708 512 byte sectors) I tried moving the conner drives to their own SCSI controller, so that I could determine which bus was locking up, and it turned out that the bus with the Conner drives was the one that halted. After being woken up this morning, again, with a Bus hang, I'm currently looking at picking up a Quantum drive to replace the Conner, but if someone wants to suggest another solution, I'm open ears...I just need to get a stable system up and running, and this SCSI Bus hang is pretty much the last problem I need to get rid of :( Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting System | WWW Services Database Services | Knowledge, Administrator | | Information and scrappy@ki.net | WWW: http://www.ki.net | Communications, Inc
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