From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 1 10:56:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA22934 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:56:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA22925 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:56:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00594; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:24:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Eric Haug cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk drive errors Toshiba 6200M In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jul 1998 08:13:23 CDT." <199807011313.IAA07409@mnw.eas.slu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 10:24:20 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi all, > I suspect that both disk drives may have problems > but before i attempt to get warranty repair > Could this be software related? > > I bought two 6200M's and both mother boards exhibit similiar > problems. > I have configured two 6200M's into one with 64M memory and one processor. > Two disks by MICROPOLIS of model 4345WS You need to upgrade the firmware on these drives. Get http://www.freebsd.org/~msmith/firmware/micropolis_tomahawk.tar.gz. You will need to boot DOS or some other system that can provide you with ASPI drivers - you can get the Adaptec drivers from their website. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message