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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: hackers@freebsd.org
Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
Subject: Re: further on 2.1.6 & 2940
References: <199703181317.FAA29037@who.cdrom.com>
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As Darren Reed wrote:

> # scsi -f /dev/rst0.ctl -m 3
> SCIOCCOMMAND ioctl: Command accepted.
> return status 3 (Sense Returned) host adapter status 2
> Command out (6 of 6):
> 1a 00 03 00 ff 00 
> 
> Data in (0 of 255):
> 
> Error code is "current errors"
> Segment number is 00
> Sense key is "Illegal request"
> The Information field is not valid but contains 00000000 (0).
> The Command Specific Information field is 00000000 (0).
> Additional sense code: 24
> Additional sense code qualifier: 00
> Illegal value in the command descriptor block.
> Bit 5 of byte 2 (value 03) is illegal.
> sense (32 of 48):
> 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 cd 
> 00 02 38 2e 36 2e 39 2f 6b 6a d7 b5 50 10 44 70 
> 
> What's this "Bit 5 of byte 2 (value 03) is illegal." mean ?

ASC/ASCQ 24 00 is ``Invalid field in CDB''.  Byte 2 value 3 is the
number of the mode page in the CDB.  Your drive doesn't support mode
page #3, the rigid disk geometry page.  Let me guess: it's a Jaz
drive, ain't it?  IOmega didn't bother to tell you how many cylinders
and heads they are using.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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