From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 4 19:34:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA27072 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA27060 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 1996 19:34:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA05913; Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:16:01 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602050246.NAA05913@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Problem with new drive (Connor CFP1060S 1.05GD 243F) To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 13:16:00 +1030 (CST) Cc: j@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at Feb 4, 96 02:08:12 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Marc G. Fournier stands accused of saying: > > When I tried to install, it newfs'd 3 partitions, then got the above error > on the 4th (you could hear the drive powerdown) and then when it went to > the 5th, you could hear it power up again, and it newfs'd it and the 6th > properly again. Aiee! Unless you have a faulty power connector, _send_it_back_ right now. If it's spinning down the drive is sure it has a _serious_ problem. > (aha0:0:0): "CONNER CFP1060S 1.05GB 243F" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(aha0:0:0): Direct-Access 1013MB (2074880 512 byte sectors) > > Are there any known problems with this drive? Anything I should > have jumpered that isn't? Settings on the controller that I've missed? Some firmware revisions of this drive have problems with large read/write operations. I'd suggest searching the list archives... > Marc G. Fournier | POP Mail Telnet Acct DNS Hosting -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[