From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 3 10:25:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01B314CFC; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:25:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cy@cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id KAA07772; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:23:49 -0800 Received: from cschuber.net.gov.bc.ca(142.31.240.113), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda07770; Sat Apr 3 10:23:34 1999 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id KAA01200; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 10:23:33 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199904031823.KAA01200@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdFE1196; Sat Apr 3 10:23:31 1999 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Cc: SDS , Patrick Seal , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no active SCB; BUS DEVICE RESET In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Apr 1999 10:18:47 PST." <199904031818.KAA01166@cwsys.cwsent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 10:23:30 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <199904031818.KAA01166@cwsys.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Sy stems Group writes: > In message rence.k > s.us>, SDS writes: > > On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Patrick Seal wrote: > > > > > da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > > > da0: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing > > > Enabled > > > da0: 4095MB (8388315 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 522C) > > > > > > > Patrick, > > > > Yup. Gotta love it. Feel ripped off yet? I had a Micropolis 2 GB drive > > that had the same problem. It's the firmware. And there's nothing that > > can be done as Micropolis is no longer (as you undoubtedly know). This > > problem is not OS or architecture specific. I tried the damned thing in a > > SPARC, with different SCSI controllers, a Windows 95 machine (!!!) and > > finally ended up dumping it in an old 286 w/ an old ISA controller > > running DOS (and it will still periodically crash). At least FreeBSD offer > s > > some diagnostic messages (the others would just lock up) > > > > It seems that this drive cannot handle dis/reconnects properly. I fought > > with my drive for 2 years. Save your strength... > > Wouldn't disabling disconnects in the controller setup? Let's try this again.... Wouldn't disabling disconnects in the controller setup work? (That's what I get for listening to my wife while responding to email). Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Open Systems Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Cy.Schubert@gems8.gov.bc.ca Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message