From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 3 22:11:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA13823 for current-outgoing; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 22:11:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA13814; Sun, 3 Aug 1997 22:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA21192; Mon, 4 Aug 1997 01:10:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 01:10:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: Chris Timmons cc: Stefan Esser , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NCR behavior wrt spun-down disks at boot In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Chris Timmons wrote: > > Hi Stefan, > > I have a couple of DEC RZ26L drives on an SC200 controller (data only, not > the boot device nor swap.) Presently I think they are jumpered to wait > for a start unit command before they spin up (I'll fix that the next time > I get into the box.) > > With -current of July 22, 1997, the boot probe works fine, and when fsck > touches them I get a couple of complaints but thereafter everything is ok: > [large amount deleted] Stefan, that complaint I made earlier? I have my disks jumpered to spin up on command also. Don't get the error message, it just hangs at scsi timeout, and never returns (other than that, I'm still waiting for your clarification of what _file_ to revert to what version, or to revert the entire sys code to what date?) > and the reset switch is my only friend :( > > I think it is an acceptable solution for me to jumper the drives so that > they spin up on power, but I thought that this change in behavior was > noteworthy enough to call to your attention. > > Regards, > > -Chris > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------