On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Steven Grunza wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 11:12:57 -0400
> From: Steven Grunza <steven_grunza@ieee.org>
> To: port-sparc@netbsd.org
> Subject: New SCSI drive is offline???
>
> I've run out of disk space too many times and have added a 9GB Cheetah
                                                             ^^^

I don't think so.  See below.


> drive to my work system but I'm getting a strange "drive offline" message
> and "Operation not supported by device" messages.  Any one have any clues?
>
> This is the relevant portion of dmesg from the SS-10 I'm using at work"
>
> scsibus0 at esp0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
> scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
> sd0 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <SGI, SEAGATE ST32430N, 0272> SCSI2
> 0/direct fixed
> sd0: 2049 MB, 3992 cyl, 9 head, 116 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4197405 sectors
> sd0: sync (100.0ns offset 15), 8-bit (10.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
> sd1 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST318203LC, 0002> SCSI2 0/direct
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^

The ST318203LC is an Ultra2 SCSI LVD 18GB drive.

Do you have it forced to SE termination mode?

You can get info on the jumper settings at:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/scsi/st318203lc.html

HTH,
Dave

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