Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:18:11 +0000 () From: Carey Nairn <cpn@ccd.tas.gov.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding SCSI disks to 2.1.6 Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970315171659.520B-100000@krondor.cpn.org.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970314100438.3361D-100000@localhost>
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Thanks Doug, I'll check the termination again when I get back to work on Monday. I have already remade the devices a couple of times. On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Carey Nairn wrote: > > > I have tried the methods given in Doug's makedisk.txt to add 2 new 4GB SCSI > > disks to my system to no avail. The error I get at the > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd6 count=2 > > > > stage is > > > > dd: /dev/rsd6: Device not configured > > > > I have also tried using sysinstall to add the disks, but they don't get > > listed as available disks to partition. > > > > The disks are detected at bootup as shown here: > > I'll prune this down to the disks in question. > > > Mar 14 12:23:05 anfi /kernel: (ahc0:4:0): "IBM DCAS-34330 S61A" type 0 > > fixed SCS > > I 2 > > Mar 14 12:23:05 anfi /kernel: sd6(ahc0:4:0): Direct-Access 4134MB (8467200 > > 512 b > > yte sectors) > > Mar 14 12:23:05 anfi /kernel: (ahc0:5:0): "IBM DCAS-34330 S61A" type 0 > > fixed SCS > > I 2 > > Mar 14 12:23:05 anfi /kernel: sd7(ahc0:5:0): Direct-Access 4134MB (8467200 > > 512 b > > yte sectors) > > Now note which disk is spitting out errors here, it's sd7, not the disk > you're trying to modify. > > > Mar 14 14:26:04 anfi /kernel: sd7(ahc0:5:0): timed out in datain phase, > > SCSISIGI == 0x44 > > Mar 14 14:26:04 anfi /kernel: sd7(ahc0:5:0): asserted ATN - device reset in > > message buffer > > Mar 14 14:26:06 anfi /kernel: sd7(ahc0:5:0): timed out in datain phase, > > SCSISIGI == 0x54 > > Mar 14 14:26:07 anfi /kernel: ahc0: Issued Channel A Bus Reset #1. 3 SCBs > > aborted > > Mar 14 14:26:07 anfi /kernel: sd7: error reading primary partition table > > To me, this points to two possibilities: > > 1. Your device files are wrong for some reason. You could try rebuilding > them with '/dev/MAKEDEV sd6'. > > 2. You have a termination problem. Make sure your SCSI chains follow the > rules for termination laid out in the manual for your 2940. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > >
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