From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 23 18:19:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA11077 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:19:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA11069 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:19:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-163.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.163]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA05200; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:19:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA03099; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:19:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710240119.UAA03099@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Simon Lindgren cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: wide negotiation refused In-reply-to: Message from Simon Lindgren of "Thu, 23 Oct 1997 15:23:53 BST." <199710231323.PAA08805@www.istudio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:19:02 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Simon Lindgren writes: > > On boot-up I receive this message (a warning?) : > ---------------- > ahc0 rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:12 > ahc0: aic7880 Wide Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16 SCBs > ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > ahc0:A:6: refuses WIDE negotiation. Using 8bit transfers > (ahc0:6:0): "QUANTUM FIREBALL ST4.3S 0F0C" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(ahc0:6:0): Direct-Access 4136MB (8471232 512 byte sectors) > --------------- > > it's the "refusing WIDE negotiation"-bit I'm concerned with. Can I make it > stop refusing somehow? Or should it indeed be refusing? > > it looks like it's the drive itself that complains (ID:6) - do I need a > new one to make it work? Maybe you do need a new one to make wide work. Presumably its supposed to be a wide SCSI HD? :-) Noticed on my new IBM DCHS-39100 that some variations have a jumper that forces *narrow* SCSI. Namely the differential and SCA versions. Maybe your Quantum also has a narrow jumper? There might be a SCSI mode page parameter for selecting narrow/wide. I didn't see in my IBM data. Did find Write Cache Enable wasn't. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.