Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 21:56:01 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: mike@smith.net.au, ejh@mnw.eas.slu.edu Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disk drive errors Toshiba 6200M Message-ID: <199807020456.VAA07722@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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In article <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: > > I suspect that both disk drives may have problems > > but before i attempt to get warranty repair > > Could this be software related? ... > You need to upgrade the firmware on these drives. > > Get http://www.freebsd.org/~msmith/firmware/micropolis_tomahawk.tar.gz. Yes. Also, there is a problem with the particular revision of the AIC-7880 SCSI controller that is in this box. Justin Gibbs just committed a work-around fix a day or two ago. So make sure you have a fully up-to-date -current kernel in addition to the firmware upgrade on the disk drives. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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