From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Apr 30 14:02:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA20833 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:02:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from IAEhv.nl (root@iaehv.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA20827 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 14:02:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjw@surf.IAEhv.nl) Received: from surf.IAEhv.nl (root@surf.IAEhv.nl [194.151.66.2]) by IAEhv.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA26500 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:02:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wjw@localhost) by surf.IAEhv.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA10167 for scsi@freebsd.org; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:02:45 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen Message-Id: <199804302102.XAA10167@surf.IAEhv.nl> Subject: Fixed bad-disk problems with the DPT controller To: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:02:45 +0200 (MET DST) Reply-To: wjw@IAEhv.nl X-NCC-RegID: nl.iae X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, This might just save somebody else's day as well. I got one of the worse scenarios possible today: I attached my new DAT tape to the DPT scsi bus today, to make the first backup in over a year. :-( So, of course, Murphy struck: The tape had the same SCSI-ID as did the hot-spare. Booting 2.2.5 gave all kinds of 'errors' and soon that obnoxious beeper on the controller gave me a head-ache. Going back into DOS/dptmgr did not get me anywhere. Drives ( 2 of 3) were in a bad state, and stayed that way. But one call to the States solved the problem: /pub/techsup/SRIV/utilities/opt1b.zip allows you to switch drives to the good (optimal) state. Now if any of the information has become corrupted in you RAID, this might save your day as well. I'm currently in the proces of making a 'golden' backup. --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 439 436 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message