From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Mar 29 12:45:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8428D37C187; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:45:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id WAA18951; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:29:42 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA02201; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:52:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:52:37 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: picapau@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br, alpha@freebsd.org, scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI disk problems on AS1000 Message-ID: <20000329205237.E2044@yedi.iaf.nl> Reply-To: wilko@freebsd.org References: <20000325181342.A88910@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br> <14557.27001.718759.711008@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000329092158.A96147@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br> <14562.2571.201291.426577@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20000329111836.A10213@minmei.iqm.unicamp.br> <14562.4832.203053.753476@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <14562.4832.203053.753476@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:32:24AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:32:24AM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Andre Severo writes: > > > > My apologies for such an obscure sentence =) > > > > What I meant by that was that I had to use the command "exerc" > > on the srm monitor prior to the boot procedure to sort of > > "warm up" the disks. > > > > Without this "warm up exercise" for a few seconds the disks are detected but > > their size is not assessed (this failure is what I meant by > > "taken to be offline"). > > > Hmm.. Older DEC disks tend to not spin up when they're powered on. These are the older RZxx disks. The 'multivendor variant' of the same drives (SWX*-*) are set for staggered spinup (spin up delay based on SCSI target ID). W/ -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message