Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:12:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> To: (Kenneth W Cochran) <kwc@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: DPT still won't boot/run Message-ID: <XFMail.971024161259.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> In-Reply-To: <199710241607.AA19456@world.std.com>
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Hi Kenneth W Cochran; On 24-Oct-97 you wrote:
> >>From tom@sdf.com Fri Oct 24 04:34:37 1997
> >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:34:37 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> >
> >> >Or, a problem with your bootblocks on the hard drive. What type of
> >> >bootblocks did you install?
> >>
> >> I'm not aware that any were installed at all... I think that may
> >> be the current problem, but installation didn't install any & I
> >> can't tell from the manpage(s) what to do...
> >
> > This is probably it then. I've installed 2.2.2, but not 2.2.5. I
> >recall from 2.2.2, there was an option to install nothing, standard
> >blocks
> >(what you want), and the booteasy blocks (for a boot menu). You
> >probably
> >installed none.
>
> Tried it... "disklabel -B sd0" still doesn't work :-(
This is not a DPT problem. All the DPT does is get a SCSI command, pass it
to the controller and pass results back.
> >> >What version of dpt driver?
>
> I think the boot.flp is 1.1.10... It seems to work fine (when
> floppy-booted).
Very, very old. You may have problems on certain platform. I really do
not remember.
> 1.2.5 (ftp.i-connect.net/crash/kernel.dpt) & it's a 3.0 kernel
> Still getting the following error message if I try do do anything:
> dpt0 ERROR: Stale 6664 (Write (10) [6.1.18] on c0b0t0u0 (xxxxxxxxx)
> gets another chance(1/5)
>
> xxxxxxxxx is a 9-digit number
>
> Message keeps repeating (& counting the 4-digit number after "Stale"
> & card hangs with leds 1 & 9 on, all others off.
Something times out very badly. The 9digits number is the number of
microseconds that passed since the command was issued. Most DPT commands
complete in 2-80us.
> I can boot by booting the floppy & at the boot: prompt,
> 0:sd(0,a)kernel.dpt
> HBA is a DPT PM2144UW with a pair of Seagate St34572W 4.x g drives.
I never tested on these controllers. All my work is done on 3334UW{D}.
The fact that the boot floppy works indicates that the kernel and the
driver do work.
We install this kernel (current) on machines which have no other disk I/O
at the rate of 4-10 per day. I would LOVE to fix bugs, but this appears to
be a ``cockpit error''. Are you sure you use the proper kernel with the
proper release and do a plain, clear ``Novice'' install?
> The recipient of this machine is arriving shortly to pick it up
> & I think I'll install Linux. I do *not* understand why y'all
> seem to be running FreeBSD just fine on this kind of hw & I don't.
> I'm seriously considering ditching FreeBSD as Something I'd Like
> To Run. Sorry guys, it still looks to me like It Still Does Not
> Work. :-(
>
> Thank you for all your help, really...
> -kc
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