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Date:      Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:43:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        "Schroeder, Aaron" <Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: PWS500au DAT Drive problems on 4.6-STABLE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208080942580.66834-100000@beppo>
In-Reply-To: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF47464E298E@waexch1.qgraph.com>

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create /boot/loader.conf with the contents

This tells me you're running of whatever firmware SRM loaded into your QLogic
card. Life in the fast lane w/o a rubber indeed.


On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Schroeder, Aaron wrote:

> I can't seem to locate the file /boot/loader.conf, I do have, however, some
> other locations:
> 
> [root@diabloii /]# locate loader.conf
> /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /usr/share/man/man5/loader.conf.5.gz
> /usr/src/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf
> /usr/src/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
> [root@diabloii /]#
> 
> When I go to edit the /boot/defaults/loader.conf, it says not to edit the
> file.
> 
> (I don't want to hose my machine, so I am being extra cautious)
> 
> AJ Schroeder
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Jacob [mailto:mjacob@feral.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 10:39 AM
> To: Schroeder, Aaron
> Cc: 'freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org'
> Subject: Re: PWS500au DAT Drive problems on 4.6-STABLE
> 
> 
> 
> I dunno- looks like a fouled up SCSI bus or somehow badly routed interrupts.
> 
> Make sure you are loading isp firmware
> 
> 	ispfw_load="YES"
> 
> in /boot/loader.conf.
> 
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Schroeder, Aaron wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I have a DAT drive hooked up to my PWS 500au machine running 4.6-STABLE.
> > It's a digital labled drive, I don't remember what model it is, and my
> dmesg
> > output is filled with a bunch of messages liek this:
> > 
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xd
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xd7
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xeb
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0xe
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x41
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x64
> > (sa0:isp0:0:4:0): isp0: watchdog timeout for handle 0x80
> > 
> > I have flexbackup installed from the ports, but even when I use 'mt' I get
> > 'mt: /dev/sa0: Input/output error' messages and whatever operation I am
> > doing, whether it is an erase or backup, will go for awhile and then quit
> > "normally" When I go to check the tape, I have no index, etc.
> > 
> > Has anyone seen anything like this before? I am clueless...
> > 
> > AJ Schroeder
> > 
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