From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 1 21:56:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01662 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:56:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01655 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:56:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA07722; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 21:56:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199807020456.VAA07722@austin.polstra.com> To: mike@smith.net.au, ejh@mnw.eas.slu.edu Subject: Re: Disk drive errors Toshiba 6200M In-Reply-To: <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com> References: <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 21:56:01 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <199807011724.KAA00594@antipodes.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith 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