Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:14:08 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com> To: kev@lab321.ru (Core Dumped at Khanty-Mansiysk) Cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fujitsu MO 640 (M2513A) Message-ID: <199810191714.LAA23656@panzer.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981019212911.268B-100000@hmansy.lab321.ru> from Core Dumped at Khanty-Mansiysk at "Oct 19, 98 09:45:51 pm"
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Core Dumped at Khanty-Mansiysk wrote...
> On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>
> > > I have troubles with this device.
> > > I tryed to add the following lines to disktab:
> > > fujitsumo640|FUJITSU M2513A 1500|\
> > > :ty=removable:dt=SCSI:se#2048:nc#310352:nt#1:ns#64:nc#606:\
> > > :pc#300000:oc#0:\
> > > :ta=4.2BSD:ba#8192:fa#1024:
> > What errors does it give? Can't you use 'disklabel sd# auto'?
> no reason to try disklabel w/o creation partition.
> When I tryed "fdisk sd1", kernel says:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Oct 19 21:28:24 hmansy /kernel: sd1: Can't deal with 2048 bytes logical blocks
> Oct 19 21:28:24 hmansy /kernel: Debugger("sd") called.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> I am no especialist in scsi details.
> Now trying experiences....
> Now compiling kernel with this my patch:
>
[ ... ]
> + /* Hack for Fujitsu MO640 */
> + if ( sd->params.secsiz == 2048 ){
> + printf("sd%ld: Fujitsu MO640 with his fucking 2048 sectors ?Forcing sector size to %d\n", unit, SECSIZE);
> + sd->params.secsiz = SECSIZE;
> + }
>
> if (sd->params.secsiz != SECSIZE) { /* XXX One day... */
> printf("sd%ld: Can't deal with %d bytes logical blocks\n",
[ ... ]
> Coments ? :)
> I really need to work with MO640. I don't want install NT only because
> this reason.
> :(
>
> Any help appropriated.
You may want to try installing 3.0-release. The 3.0 tree has better
support for devices with sector sizes other than 512 bytes.
At the very least, we'll be better able to help you get your drive working
under 3.0 than under the 2.x branch. (I think, though, that 3.0 should
work for you without modification.)
Ken
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