Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 10:07:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Carey Nairn <Carey.Nairn@ccd.tas.gov.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding SCSI disks to 2.1.6 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970314100438.3361D-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970314150107.006ffffc@falcon.pacit.tas.gov.au>
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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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