From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 21 18:05:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA02880 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:05:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA02869 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by mail.cdsnet.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA03961; Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:04:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:04:47 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen To: Warner Losh cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spin down problem back? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ah, so that's what it is. I used to dd a Jax disk with a "virgin" win95 install off to my hard drive, then dd it back on, so I could start with a fresh copy of win95. Used to work like a champ, but since I updated to -current on 1/10, it locks my whole system up when I dd it out. Thought I was going crazy. On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Warner Losh wrote: > In message Warner Losh writes: > : I'm running a -current kernel from Nov 24. I have just been able to > : recreate a spindown problem with my Jaz drive. > > This problem also happens on a -current kernel from Jan 19, so this > has been broken for a while. > > To recap: Accessing the raw device of a SCSI disk that has spun down > is now broken and causes that device to go offline forever. Think JAZ > drive in spin down mode :-). > > I recreated this problem five times in a row, and I have verified that > my SCSI bus is indeed properly terminated and seated by phyiscal > inspection and reseating of connectors. No other problems on the > system can be seen. > > Warner >