From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 18 15:20:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA09667 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:20:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA09627 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:20:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA19519; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:49:46 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703182319.JAA19519@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: further on 2.1.6 & 2940 In-Reply-To: <19970318212144.WS51057@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Mar 18, 97 09:21:44 pm" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:49:46 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > As Darren Reed wrote: > > > # scsi -f /dev/rst0.ctl -m 3 ^^^ ... > 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. No, it's not a Jaz drive. Tape drive's don't have "rigid disk geometry" pages either 8) For reference, here's what a Jaz says if you try that : lovely# scsi -f /dev/rsd6.ctl -m 3 SCIOCCOMMAND ioctl: Command accepted. return status 3 (Sense Returned)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 sense (32 of 48): 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 00 04 c6 01 33 d9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[