Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 20:09:18 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: jhs@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, me@FreeBSD.ORG, gj@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199803071909.UAA27884@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199803071731.JAA27263@hub.freebsd.org> from Julian Stacey at "Mar 7, 98 09:31:09 am"
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As Julian Stacey wrote... > Hi SCSI people, > Is it necessary to format a 4.3G SCSI disc on the same system + controller > ncr0 <ncr 53c810a fast10 scsi> rev 18 int a irq 10 on pci0:10 > that the disc will later run FreeBSD on ? Not necessary. I assume you mean format as in 'sending it the SCSI command FORMAT UNIT' > BTW on my 2.2.5 system with the NCR controller, (with root on wd0) I did: > scsi -f /dev/rsd0c -m 1 -e -P 3 > AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 1 > ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1 > [ so the disc _should_ be self correcting, > but obviously isn't, is running out of sectors ] If that is really the case this is normally the disc dying. Or overheating!!! > scsi -f /dev/rsd0c -c "4 0 0 0 0 0" > SCIOCCOMMAND ioctl: Command accepted. > return status 1 (Command Timeout) after 2000 msCommand out (6 of 6): > 04 00 00 00 00 00 > No sense sent. > [ Don't know what's wrong The format takes much longer than 2 seconds: man scsi ... -s sets the command timeout in seconds. The default is two seconds. ... It's more like a couple of hours for 4Gb. ;-) See also 'man scsiformat' Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko @ yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' --------------- Support your local daemons: run [Free,Net,Open]BSD Unix -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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