Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:10:41 +0200 From: Ercole Dario <Dario.Ercole@CSELT.IT> To: "'Peter Schwenk'" <schwenk@voicenet.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Problems with HP magneto-optical SCSI disk on od0 Message-ID: <EECB401D8EB3D111B26800805FC130FC0FDBE3@xrr1.cselt.stet.it>
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Peter, when I try to run /stand/sysinstal, I get the od0: oops not queued error message and the program exits. Thanks anyway. -- Dario > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Schwenk [SMTP:schwenk@voicenet.com] > Sent: Friday, April 17, 1998 7:28 PM > To: Ercole Dario > Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Problems with HP magneto-optical SCSI disk on od0 > > Ercole: > > I don't have the same MO drive as you, but I'll tell you what I did to > partition disks in my 230MB Olympus drive. I used good ol' > /stand/sysinstall. If you run it, choose Custom from the first menu, > then > Partition. It will give you a list of drive devices from which you > can > choose od0 (by highlighting it and hitting the spacebar). Once you > put > the slice(s) on it (or "dangerously dedicate" the whole disk), hit the > 'w' > key to write the changes to the disk. You are then either popped back > to > the menu or to the disk labelling program (I forget which). In the > disk > labelling program you can create one or more partitions on the disk. > > I hope this helps. > > On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Ercole Dario wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am running FreeBSD 2.2.5 on HP Vectra, with Adapted 152x SCSI > > controller (actually, a Jaz Jet with Adapted chipset). > > > > I need to mount a magneto-optical SCSI disk, HP SureStore 2600fx, > aka > > C1113F, with 1024-byte blocks media. I rebuilt the kernel including > the > > "od0" device, and apparently the system recognizes the drive. > > > > Here is the relevant part of the "dmesg" output: > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE #0: Fri Apr 3 12:08:27 CEST 1998 > > CPU: Pentium (166.09-MHz 586-class CPU) > > real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes) > > avail memory = 62529536 (61064K bytes) > > > > aic0 at 0x340-0x35f irq 11 on isa > > aic0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > > (aic0:3:0): "HP C1113F 2.46" type 7 removable SCSI 2 > > od0(aic0:3:0): Optical 1243MB (1273011 1024 byte sectors) > > > > ccd0-3: Concatenated disk drivers > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > When I try to "fdisk od0", I get the following output: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > ******* Working on device /dev/rod0 ******* > > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > > cylinders=621 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) > > > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > > cylinders=621 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) > > > > Media sector size is 1024 > > Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > > Information from DOS bootblock is: > > The data for partition 1 is: > > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > > start 1, size 1271807 (1241 Meg), flag 80 > > beg: cyl 0/ sector 2/ head 0; > > end: cyl 620/ sector 32/ head 63 > > The data for partition 2 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 3 is: > > <UNUSED> > > The data for partition 4 is: > > <UNUSED> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > and the following error message: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > od0: oops not queued > > od0: cannot find label (no disk label) > > od0s1: cannot find label (no disk label) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > As I have no entry for this device in /etc/dsisktab, I use > > "disklabel -r -w od0 auto", that gives the followin message: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > disklabel: ioctl DIOCSDINFO: No space left on device > > od0: cannot find label (no disk label) > > od0s1: cannot find label (no disk label) > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > The drive has a switch to configure it as "magneto-optical" or > "direct > > access"; I configured it as "magneto-optical", as the "direct > access" > > option allows me to see it as sd0, but the machine hangs when I try > to > > write to the disk. > > > > Can anybody help me, please ? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- Dario > > > > [This message has already been posted to "freebsd-scsi", without > luck, > > so I am re-posting it here, hoping for some help.] > > > > ================================================================ > > Dario ERCOLE - CSELT S.p.a. | I'm Winston Wolf, > > Via Reiss Romoli 274, 10148 Torino (Italy) | I solve problems > > Tel: +39 11 228 5051 - Fax: +39 11 228 5685 | > > e-mail: ercole@cselt.it | [Pulp Fiction] > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > - Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com > - > - Running FreeBSD? You should be. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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