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Date:      Thu, 2 Feb 1995 08:58:02 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Roy A. Mccrory" <mccrory@gamma.lanl.gov>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: too many scsi disks - thanks
Message-ID:  <199502021558.IAA00250@7dragons.fc.dna.mil>

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In answer to my question
>>Hello.
>>I am trying to add a Toshiba cd-rom to my system and get a 'too many scsi disks"
stuff deleted
>>Too many scsi disks..(3 > 2) reconfigure kernel <--------***********
...
Peter Dufault replied
...
>Your kernel has a maximum of two SCSI disks.  For 1.1.5 you'll have to
...
>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:
...
Thanks also to 
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com>
From: osyjm@schizo.coe.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
for your replys. 
This time I added 2 extra sd? to my config file and got the following msgs.
...
FreeBSD 1.1.5.1(RELEASE) (VIDRAGONS) #0: Thu Feb  2 07:25:48 MST 1995
  mccrory@7dragons:/usr/src/sys/compile/7DRAGONS
...
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>
sd2(aha0:5:0): illegal request
sd2 could not mode sense (4). Using ficticious geometry
sd2(aha0:5:0): not ready
sd2: could not get size
sd2: 0MB (0 total sec), 0 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, bytes/sec 512
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
...
The cdrom drive was supplied by Silicon Graphics for one of our Indigos.  
Perhaps they do something to it to justify the price they charge for it!
- so it may not be a stock Toshiba drive!

Here is my config file in case I've done something especially dumb!
#
# 7DRAGONS-- Roy's 486/33 machine with AH1540b family disks
#
#	$Id: VIDRAGONS,v 2.10 1995/01/27 08:56:59 roy  Exp $
#

machine		"i386"
cpu		"I386_CPU"
cpu		"I486_CPU"
#cpu		"I586_CPU"
ident		VIDRAGONS
timezone	7 dst
maxusers	10
maxfdescs	2048			#Max file descriptors per process
#options	MATH_EMULATE		#Support for x87 emulation
options		INET			#InterNETworking
options		ISOFS			#ISO File System
options		NFS			#Network File System
options		PCFS			#MSDOS File System
options		"COMPAT_43"		#Compatible with BSD 4.3
options		"TCP_COMPAT_42"		#TCP/IP compatible with 4.2
options		XSERVER			#Xserver
options		UCONSOLE		#X Console support
options		"FAT_CURSOR"		#block cursor in syscons or pccons
options		GATEWAY			#Host is a Gateway (forwards packets)
options		"SCSI_DELAY=15"		#Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device
options		"NCONS=4"		#4 virtual consoles
options		SYSVSHM
options		"SHMMAXPGS=64"
options		SYSVSEM
options		SYSVMSG
options		IPBROADCASTECHO=1
options		IPMASKAGENT=1
options 	MULTICAST
options 	MROUTING
options		FIFO
options		ALLOW_CONFLICT_IRQ	#mport serial & sound card?
options		"EXCLUDE_MPU401"
options		EXCLUDE_GUS
options		EXCLUDE_GUS_IODETECT
options	 	EXCLUDE_SB_EMULATION
options		EXCLUDE_SBPRO
options		"EXCLUDE_SB16"
options		EXCLUDE_PAS
options		EXCLUDE_PRO_MIDI


config		"386bsd"	root on sd0 swap on sd0 and sd1 dumps on sd0

controller	isa0

controller	fdc0	at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
disk		fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
disk		fd1	at fdc0 drive 1
controller	aha0	at isa? port "IO_AHA0" bio irq 11 drq 5 vector ahaintr
controller	scbus0

device		sd0
device		sd1
device		sd2
device		sd3

device		cd0	#Only need one of these, the code dynamically grows

device		st0

device		sc0	at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr
device		npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr

device		sio0	at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr
device		sio1	at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr

device		lpt0	at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr

device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000 vector edintr

device		snd2	at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 vector sbintr
device		snd1	at isa? port 0x388

device		pca0	at isa? tty

pseudo-device	loop
pseudo-device	ether
pseudo-device	log
pseudo-device	sl	2
pseudo-device	ppp	2
pseudo-device	pty	16
pseudo-device	speaker

pseudo-device	swappager
pseudo-device	vnodepager
pseudo-device	devpager
 ...
Again, thanks for your help.



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