Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:29:38 +0200 From: jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl> To: Carey Nairn <cpn@ccd.tas.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Western Digital Enterprise SCSC drive problems Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970512122859.0073733c@mail.xs4all.nl>
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At 06:32 PM 5/12/97 +0000, you wrote: >On Mon, 12 May 1997, Carey Nairn wrote: > >> greetings all, >> >> I have a small problem with som WD SCSI drives and was wondering if there >> are any known problems with them or any advice you could give me. >> >> I have 3 of these drives connected to an Adaptec 2940AU controller and >> trying to install 2.2.1R. During the boot sequence the SCSI BIOS gets the >> drives OK but when the FreeBSD probes start I get the following errors... >> I have read that WD enterprise SCSI drives had some problems with an erlier firmware version (1.51) (sporadic write-errors) on an 2940 UW, and would not be recognised at all on a SYM8751SP adapter. The same magazine reported one month later that the newer firmware version 1.70 had no problems. I suggest you try to contact WD, and try to find out which firmware-version you have. Good luck, Jurriaan There are very few people who do not become more interesting when they stop talking.
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