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Date:      Wed, 1 Feb 1995 21:00:17 -0500 (EST)
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>
To:        mccrory@gamma.lanl.gov (Roy A. Mccrory)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: too many scsi disks
Message-ID:  <199502020200.VAA15601@hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <199502011616.JAA01637@7dragons.fc.dna.mil> from "Roy A. Mccrory" at Feb 1, 95 09:16:48 am

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Roy A. Mccrory writes:
> 
> Hello.
> I am trying to add a Toshiba cd-rom to my system and get a 'too
> many scsi disks" message.   I can't find anything about is in the
> Dec bsdfaq nnor in the Usenet archive at minnie. Here is the info
> from "dmesg".
> 
> 
> FreeBSD 1.1.5.1(RELEASE) (VIDRAGONS) #0: Fri Jan 27 08:40:29 MST 1995
>   mccrory@7dragons:/usr/src/sys/compile/7DRAGONS
> CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU)
> 
> 
> 
> aha0: reading board settings, dma=5 int=11  (bus speed defaulted)
> aha0 at 0x330-0x333 irq 11 drq 5 on isa
> aha0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
> aha0 targ 0 lun 0: type 0(direct) fixed SCSI1
> aha0 targ 0 lun 0: <MAXTOR  LXT-535S        8.57>
> sd0: 510MB (1045242 total sec), 1546 cyl, 11 head, 61 sec, bytes/sec 512
> aha0 targ 1 lun 0: type 0(direct) fixed SCSI2
> aha0 targ 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE ST3655N         0190>
> sd1: 520MB (1065036 total sec), 2493 cyl, 5 head, 85 sec, bytes/sec 512
> aha0 targ 5 lun 0: type 0(direct) fixed SCSI2
> aha0 targ 5 lun 0: <TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-3401TA0283>
> Too many scsi disks..(3 > 2) reconfigure kernel <--------***********
> aha0 targ 6 lun 0: type 1(sequential) removable SCSI1
> aha0 targ 6 lun 0: <ARCHIVE VIPER 2525 25583-002>
> st0: density code 0x0,  drive empty
> 
> 

Your kernel has a maximum of two SCSI disks.  For 1.1.5 you'll have to
increase the number of scsi disks in /sys/i386/conf/VIDRAGONS,
that is, add something like this:

> device      sd0
> device      sd1
> device      sd2

Then "config VIDRAGONS; cd /sys/compile/VIDRAGONS; make depend; make"

BUT the bigger mystery to me is why that Toshiba CD rom is coming on line
as a type 0 direct access device.  It should come on as a type 5
read only device.  As an example, here is my NEC CD-ROM:

> aha0 targ 2 lun 0: type 5(readonly) removable SCSI2
> aha0 targ 2 lun 0: <NEC     CD-ROM DRIVE:5012.2 >
> cd0: cd present.[223153 x 2048 byte records]

I'm afraid you won't be able to use that CDROM even if you add another
device; the wrong device driver is talking to it and I'm not sure you'll
be able to use it.

Peter

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