From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Nov 20 06:48:10 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA11869 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 06:48:10 -0800 Received: from tfd.com (tfd.com [206.205.61.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA11785 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 06:48:04 -0800 Received: from sneezy.tfd.com by tfd.com with SMTP id AA20383 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for hardware@freebsd.org); Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:47:54 -0500 Received: by sneezy id AA15731 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for hardware@freebsd.org); Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:51:02 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 09:51:02 -0500 From: Kent Hauser Message-Id: <9511201451.AA15731@sneezy> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: TI TM5000 laptop Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I am unable to get the Xserver to recognize the screen on my laptop. Here's what "SuperProbe" and the Xserver have to say. Please respond by mail as I'm new to FreeBSD & not currently on the list. Thanks in advance. Kent (FreeBSD version 2.1.0-RELEASE) SuperProbe Version 2.5 (c) Copyright 1993,1994 by David Wexelblat This work is derived from the 'vgadoc2.zip' and 'vgadoc3.zip' documentation packages produced by Finn Thoegersen, and released with all appropriate permissions having been obtained. Additional information obtained from 'Programmer's Guide to the EGA and VGA, 2nd ed', by Richard Ferraro, and from manufacturer's data books The author welcomes bug reports and other comments mailed to the electronic mail address above. In particular, reports of chipsets that this program fails to correctly detect are appreciated. First video: Super-VGA Chipset: Cirrus (chipset unknown) Signature data: 2c (please report) Memory: 512 Kbytes RAMDAC: Sierra SC1148{2,3,4} 15-bit or SC1148{5,7,9} 15/16-bit HiColor (with 6-bit wide lookup tables (or in 6-bit mode)) ===== XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6001) Operating System: FreeBSD 2.0.5 Configured drivers: SVGA: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0): et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, vgawonder, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067, oti077, oti087, mx, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ct65520, ct65530, ct65540, ct65545, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, realtek, generic Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (using VT number 4) XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "My Video Card" (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "TM5000" (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" Unknown Cirrus chipset: type 0x0b, rev 0 (--) SVGA: chipset: generic (--) SVGA: videoram: 64k (**) SVGA: clocks: 25.18 SVGA: Too little memory for virtual resolution 800 600 *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.*** Fatal server error: no screens found From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Nov 20 11:31:24 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA29956 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:31:24 -0800 Received: from ref.tfs.com (ref.tfs.com [140.145.254.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA29951 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:31:22 -0800 Received: (from julian@localhost) by ref.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA04306; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:30:56 -0800 From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199511201930.LAA04306@ref.tfs.com> Subject: Re: TI TM5000 laptop To: kent@tfd.com (Kent Hauser) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:30:55 -0800 (PST) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9511201451.AA15731@sneezy> from "Kent Hauser" at Nov 20, 95 09:51:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 542 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk you need to talk to the XFree86 mailing lists.. FreeBSD is just a vehicle for XFree86 which is a totoally separate group of people.... (check /usr/share/FAQ.. I'm sure there is a mention of them somewhere there, or in the X11R6 docs somewhere) > > I am unable to get the Xserver to recognize the screen on my laptop. > Here's what "SuperProbe" and the Xserver have to say. Please respond > by mail as I'm new to FreeBSD & not currently on the list. > > Thanks in advance. > > Kent > > (FreeBSD version 2.1.0-RELEASE) .... julian From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 21 19:39:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA23735 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:39:41 -0800 Received: from poe.b2.org ([206.55.128.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA23729 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 19:39:36 -0800 Received: (from mlh@localhost) by poe.b2.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id WAA15156; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 22:39:50 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 22:39:50 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Hendrick To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: NexGen Motherboards and FreeBSD? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Any success/failure stories on the NexGen 586 motherboards when running FreeBSD? The specs look pretty good, and prices I have seen for the isa/vlb and pci motherboards (alaris) make them _very_ tempting compared to a pentium 90 board. -- mlh@b2.org (Michael Hendrick) From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 21 20:43:56 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA29904 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:43:56 -0800 Received: from sh1.ro.com (mprevost@sh1.ro.com [205.216.92.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA29894 ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:43:51 -0800 Received: (from mprevost@localhost) by sh1.ro.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id XAA00342; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 23:49:39 -0600 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 23:49:39 -0600 From: "Mike R. Prevost" Subject: Re: FreeBSD and ASUS SP3 motherboard -- ? To: "Andrew V. Stesin" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199511220137.DAA07970@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, 22 Nov 1995, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: I just got an SP3G and it seems really solid. There is a FAQ on the ASUS home page. > Hello, > > today I've been installing a FreeBSD system for a friend (951026-SNAP). > Just took two disks and NCR out of a working machine (Am486DX2/66, > SOYO PCI motherboard) where it lives and went to his office. > > We were installing onto an ASUS P55TP4XE Pentium, and my disks > were installed into a Am486DX4/100 + ASUS SP3 motherboard (note: > that's _not_ an SP3G, just SP3). > > Strange enough, the NCR+2Conner1Gb trio which is working Ok on SOYO+DX2/66, > was panicing after some ten minutes or even less in ASUS SP3 with > DX4/100... that was a pain because I was forced to reattempt extraction > step several times. It bombed with a message from kernel malloc() -- > like "no memory available". Disabling caches (external, then both) > didn't help. Needless to mention that all tech tests from DOS, > DOS itself and windo$e too are Ok on this box. I am still puzzled. > > Has anyone a combination of ASUS SP3 and Am486DX4/100 working > with FreeBSD 2.1 ? I know that SP3G needs some special combination > of jumpers installed to work with new and fast AMD CPUs; > does SP3 need smth like this too? > (They have a plenty of SP3-equipped boxes with Am486DX4/100, and want > to use some of them for FreeBSD, too -- if only it's possible). > > P.S. ASUS Pentium (P55TP4XE motherboard) with NCR PCI SCSI and > two Quantum Fireball 1Gb drives... HOW GREAT IT IS!!! > The box of my dreams. > Comparatively cheap and _really_ the fastest FreeBSD box I've > ever seen. I'd recommend this combo to everyone. > > LONG LIVE FreeBSD AND PEOPLE WHO DID IT! THE VERY FASTEST UNIX IS FreeBSD-2.*! > > -- > > With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. > > +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 > > An undocumented feature is a coding error. > --- Mike R. Prevost Renaissance Internet Services http://ro.com/~mprevost From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 22 00:51:10 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id AAA18568 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 00:51:10 -0800 Received: from mailgate.ericsson.se (mailgate.ericsson.se [130.100.2.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA18541 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 00:50:52 -0800 Received: from edt02.ericsson.se (edt02.ericsson.se [136.225.9.4]) by mailgate.ericsson.se (8.6.11/1.0) with ESMTP id JAA12507 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:50:20 +0100 Received: from DECNET-MAIL (ERADAER@GAERA) by edt.ericsson.se (PMDF V5.0-4 #13379) id <01HXXTX0Z3JK8WWEWT@edt.ericsson.se> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:50:06 +0100 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:50:06 +0100 From: DANIEL ERIKSSON Subject: Packard Bell, do they work? To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-id: <01HXXTX10FRM8WWEWT@edt.ericsson.se> X-VMS-To: EDS::IN%"freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi! I'm about to buy a Packard Bell P75, but before I do I thought I'd check if anyone has had any problems running FreeBSD on similar systems. The only info I have so far is that the motherboard is a PB 570. Will I be able to run FreeBSD on it? Thanks in advance! -- Daniel Eriksson, daniel@icon.pp.se From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 22 07:13:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA18089 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 07:13:22 -0800 Received: from spot.lodgenet.com (lodgenet.iw.net [204.157.148.88]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA17958 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 07:11:55 -0800 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by spot.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA25846; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:10:01 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA21898; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:23:42 -0600 Message-Id: <199511221523.JAA21898@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Michael Hendrick cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NexGen Motherboards and FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Nov 1995 22:39:50 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:23:41 -0600 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk We had one in here a while back. I know that I ran sco on it, but I cannot rembember for sure if I ran FreeBSD on it or not. I think I did. From the specs, the CPU seems to have more in common with the P6 than the Pentium. If I were looking for a new machine, I'd probably try one out. Michael Hendrick writes: >Any success/failure stories on the NexGen 586 motherboards when running >FreeBSD? The specs look pretty good, and prices I have seen for the >isa/vlb and pci motherboards (alaris) make them _very_ tempting compared >to a pentium 90 board. > >-- > mlh@b2.org >(Michael Hendrick) > -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 22 08:47:05 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA25149 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:47:05 -0800 Received: from hk.super.net (root@hk.super.net [202.14.67.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA25138 ; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:46:56 -0800 From: eho@fore.com Received: from is3.hk.super.net (root@is3.hk.super.net [202.14.67.36]) by hk.super.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id AAA05171; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 00:46:03 +0800 (HKT) Received: from un-mac.fore.com (slip215.hk.super.net [202.64.11.8]) by is3.hk.super.net (8.7.1/8.7.1) with SMTP id AAA15275; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 00:46:00 +0800 (HKT) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 95 00:37:29 PST Subject: PCMCIA modem To: hardware@freebsd.org, question@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Chameleon - TCP/IP for Windows by NetManage, Inc. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I wonder whether FreeBSD supports pcmcia modem. Any pointer will be appreciated! Thanks in advance! Regards, Eric From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Nov 23 01:05:22 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA25962 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 01:05:22 -0800 Received: from kachina.jetcafe.org ([206.117.70.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA25951 ; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 01:05:16 -0800 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([127.0.0.1]) by kachina.jetcafe.org (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id BAA23710; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 01:05:14 -0800 Message-Id: <199511230905.BAA23710@kachina.jetcafe.org> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Failed 2.1 install with Adaptec 7850 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 01:05:09 -0800 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have a triton motherboard with an Adaptec 7850 in it. When the install script tries to create the actual BSD partitions (not the FreeBSD slice from fdisk) it fails. On VTY 2 is the following: QOUTCNT == 5 ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) QOUTCNT == 4 ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) ... QOUTCNT == 0 ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) Does this help, or do people need more to fix this? (BTW, I'm not on the lists as of yet so replies to me directly. Thanks.) ------ >>> Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org <<< "Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Nov 23 05:12:21 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id FAA07029 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 05:12:21 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA07024 ; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 05:12:16 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id FAA19156; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 05:10:48 -0800 To: Dave Hayes cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed 2.1 install with Adaptec 7850 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Nov 1995 01:05:09 PST." <199511230905.BAA23710@kachina.jetcafe.org> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 05:10:48 -0800 Message-ID: <19154.817132248@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Sorry, the 7850 is not yet supported. :( Jordan > I have a triton motherboard with an Adaptec 7850 in it. When > the install script tries to create the actual BSD partitions > (not the FreeBSD slice from fdisk) it fails. On VTY 2 is the > following: > > QOUTCNT == 5 > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) > QOUTCNT == 4 > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) > ... > QOUTCNT == 0 > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb0 (cmdcmplt) > > Does this help, or do people need more to fix this? > > (BTW, I'm not on the lists as of yet so replies to me directly. > Thanks.) > ------ > >>> Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org <<< > > "Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is > the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -- William Pitt From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 25 10:39:59 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA13090 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 10:39:59 -0800 Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA13084 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 10:39:36 -0800 Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id UAA02332 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:43:11 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id UAA02759 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:39:59 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id UAA24017; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:39:58 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199511251839.UAA24017@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Intel EtherExpress 32 EISA ethernet aka NE-3200 ? To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 20:39:58 +0200 (EET) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 461 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello, is there any chance that the abovementioned monster is supported in any (even pre-alpha) way? (That's a BIG board, with 80186 CPU on it). Please note -- I'm not saying that I want such kind of driver to be written, I only want to tell that if someone wants me to test this driver I'll happily do this. :-) -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 An undocumented feature is a coding error. From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 25 11:18:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id LAA14290 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 11:18:52 -0800 Received: from relay5.UU.NET (relay5.UU.NET [192.48.96.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA14282 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 11:18:44 -0800 Received: from uucp1.UU.NET by relay5.UU.NET with SMTP id QQzrkn09769; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:18:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: Received: from uanet.UUCP by uucp1.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 14:18:43 -0500 Received: by crocodil.monolit.kiev.ua; Sat, 25 Nov 95 21:14:53 +0200 Received: (from dk@localhost) by dog.farm.org (8.6.11/dk#3) id QAA04649; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 16:23:02 +0200 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 16:23:02 +0200 From: Dmitry Kohmanyuk To: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About Conner and IBM SCSI HDDs (was: Re: your mail Newsgroups: cs-monolit.gated.lists.freebsd.hardware Reply-To: dk+@ua.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In article you wrote: > What you say about 1060S is no longer true. 1060S > are shipped with a good firmvare at least for some months. > They do not need any upgrade and works good as I can see > (comparatively fast; no errors or failures yet), but a bit noisy. which version of firmware needs to be upgrade, exactly? > There is another caveat with 1060Ss. Recently I've seen > a party of 1060Ss that are made in a strange fashion: > they have 80-pin connector on the drive and an extra interface > part which converts 80-pin to a "usual" 50-pin SCSI interface. > The part has jumpers on it for setting SCSI ID. THAT'S IT! I have that stinky "convertor" ;-) do you have docs for the jumpers? mine are labelled: RMT_STRT . . ADDR1 ADDR2 . . ADDR3 . . ADDR4 . . DLYSTRT . . I have got 2 of them. Boy, they are _really_ hot! And I guess I would have to chop the termination from one of them ;-) (your explanation omitted) > As I was told by mr. Behrens (his e-mail is > he's VERY helpful in case of any tech. adventures with Conners and -- "Yes means No and No means Yes. Delete all files [Y]? " -- BOFH From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 25 18:19:27 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA04778 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 18:19:27 -0800 Received: from relay5.UU.NET (relay5.UU.NET [192.48.96.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA04770 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 18:19:23 -0800 Received: from uucp6.UU.NET by relay5.UU.NET with SMTP id QQzrlp29748; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 21:19:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from uanet.UUCP by uucp6.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 21:19:15 -0500 Received: by crocodil.monolit.kiev.ua; Sun, 26 Nov 95 04:16:43 +0200 Received: by mammoth.cs.kiev.ua (8.6.8.1/8.5) id EAA22622; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 04:04:54 +0200 From: Dmitry Kohmanyuk Message-Id: <199511260204.EAA22622@mammoth.cs.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: About Conner and IBM SCSI HDDs (was: Re: your mail To: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 04:04:54 +0200 (UKR) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511260058.CAA03083@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> from "Andrew V. Stesin" at Nov 26, 95 02:58:43 am X-Motto: Do not believe in miracles - rely on them. X-Uptime: 4:04am up 1 day, 16:12, 7 users, load average: 4.65, 4.21, 4.06 Reply-To: dk+@ua.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22 dk8] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Sometimes, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > # In article you wrote: > # > What you say about 1060S is no longer true. 1060S > # > are shipped with a good firmvare at least for some months. > # > They do not need any upgrade and works good as I can see > # > (comparatively fast; no errors or failures yet), but a bit noisy. > # > # which version of firmware needs to be upgrade, exactly? > > Anything below 203C AFAIR hmm. My drive has the following on it: top (where the label is): BW993FC CFP1060S SSP-01 9WA2.66R1 <- is that firmware version (2.66R1?) J35113 503 SG3 <- smaller print - serial numbers?? on the bottom, it has two chips on sockets (look like flash ROMs), with paper stickers on them, which read: 9WS 9WA <- chip no.? 0.24 2.66R1 <- version? CD00 b B3CC c <- checksum / ?? > That's bad. But I'd bet you don't need flash PROM upgrade, > and that's good. probably. the README file on Conner upgrade floppy says that any of CFP1060 series w/firmware 9WA 1.62, 1.66, 1.68 could (and should) be upgraded. The 1.60 could be upgraded only at Conner's site. Btw, they say that problem was manifested itself under Linux ;-) (lead to filesystem corruption under heavy disk use) Should we add this info to HW compatibility guide? > Yes, really. The jumpers on that interface part are for > SCSI ID and so called "delay start" (who needs this?) _ONLY_. > Terminator can be disabled only physically ;-) you know this > already. So sharp your axe!!! :-) gonna do _real_ hacking w/soldering iron ;-) From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 25 19:43:13 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA08822 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 19:43:13 -0800 Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA08814 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 19:42:56 -0800 Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id FAA22340 for hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:46:27 +0200 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id FAA05526 for ; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:40:53 +0200 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id FAA07309; Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:40:51 +0200 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199511260340.FAA07309@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Re: About Conner and IBM SCSI HDDs (was: Re: your mail To: dk+@ua.net Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 05:40:50 +0200 (EET) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511260204.EAA22622@mammoth.cs.kiev.ua> from "Dmitry Kohmanyuk" at Nov 26, 95 04:04:54 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1901 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk # hmm. My drive has the following on it: # # top (where the label is): # # BW993FC # CFP1060S # SSP-01 # 9WA2.66R1 <- is that firmware version (2.66R1?) Gmm. It seems to me that -- no, this means something else, like a flash ROM chip own revision or whatever. (?) The firmware version your'e looking for is shown at the SCSI probe step, like in this line of SCSI probe output I'm getting from Conners here: [...] (ncr0:0:0): "CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 203C" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 ^^^^^^ here it is. It was something like '2031' before the firmware upgrade. # # J35113 503 SG3 <- smaller print - serial numbers?? # # # on the bottom, it has two chips on sockets (look like flash ROMs), # with paper stickers on them, which read: They _are_ flash ROMs :-) # 9WS 9WA <- chip no.? # 0.24 2.66R1 <- version? # CD00 b B3CC c <- checksum / ?? # Who knows? As for me, I don't care any more :-) [...] # Btw, they say that problem was manifested itself under Linux ;-) ... or any other OS which _really_ wants to use advanced SCSI hardware features. # (lead to filesystem corruption under heavy disk use) # # Should we add this info to HW compatibility guide? Maybe... # > Yes, really. The jumpers on that interface part are for # > SCSI ID and so called "delay start" (who needs this?) _ONLY_. # > Terminator can be disabled only physically ;-) you know this # > already. So sharp your axe!!! :-) # # gonna do _real_ hacking w/soldering iron ;-) # As for me, I'd suggest either send that damn part back to Conner and get a replacement one, or accurately cut the terminator packs away with the sharp knife. It seems to me that using iron will be A Danger (tm) here without a real need for it. -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 An undocumented feature is a coding error.