On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 11:57:10PM +0200, Havard Eidnes wrote:
> > > Also sometimes the kernel marks the disks as offline during
> > > probing and the installer then can't find any disks.
> >
> > Mine are marked as offline, but they seem to work anyway, for normal
> > use, I have not tried sysinst.
> >
> > sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <DEC, RZ24     (C) DEC, 211B> disk fixed
> > sd0: drive offline
> > sd0: async, 8-bit transfers
> > sd1 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <DEC, RZ24     (C) DEC, 211B> disk fixed
> > sd1: drive offline
> > sd1: async, 8-bit transfers

AFAIK all RZ-series drives require a start unit command from the host
to spin up.  Didn't we used to send the command, then re-inquire for the
geometry?