Re: Scsi problems!

[DE-SAINT-LEGER RODOLPHE <rodolphe%sebaty.uit.univ-paris8.fr@localhost>]

Ola Eriksson wrote:
> 
> Hello!!
> 
> I have some major problems adding an scsi disk to my computer.
> I use an Amiga 1200 in an tower case, with an Blizzard 1260 and
> Blizzard IV-scsi kit (for the cpu card). And I just can't get the
> scsi drive to work, neither with AmigaOS or NetBSD. But since i only
> run NetBSD on this computer, I don't care if it won't work under aos.
> 
> The scsi controller works, because i can get an Maxtor 540 mb disk to
> work on it, under both os'es.
> 
> One of the things I have thought about is if the disk would be to big
> for 'something' to handle. Because it's an 4.5 gig disk, brand Quantum
> Viking. But since the company i bought the scsi controller from, claims
> to have been running disks at over 6 gigabytes on the same type of
> controller. This kind of rules out the fact that the controller doesn't
> handle the size (and in addition, i have a few friends who use 4.3 gig
> disks with the same controller).
> 
> Under amigaos, hdtoolbox says that it can't read the size of the disk,
> and then identifyes it as an 20 mb disk. But it knows the name and id
> number of the disk. And some other programs I'v tried (for example the
> software that comes with the controller) tells me that the disk doesn't
> have any sectors, and that i should lowlevelformate it, but no program
> let's me do this. I have also tried to patch the ffs drivers, but with
> no advance. (But i'v got 3.0 romes, and someone said that this might
> effect this).
> 
> At the NetBSD boot, i get the following message:
> 
> probe(bzivsc0:3:0): max sync rate 10.00Mb/s
> probe(bzivsc0:3:0):  Check Condition on opcode 0x0
>     SENSE KEY:  Hardware Error
>    INFO FIELD:  1376768
>      ASC/ASCQ:  ASC 0x09 ASCQ 0x89
>      FRU CODE:  0x80
>          SKSV:  Actual Retry Count: 0
> 
> sd3 at scsibus1 targ 3 lun 0: <QUANTUM, VIKING 4.5 NSE, 8808> SCSI2
> 0/direct fixed
> sd3: drive offline
> 
> I have also tried the disk with another kind of controller, with the
> same resault (though just with aos).
> 
> Could it be that there is something wrong with the disk? There might
> be something that is wrong jumperd on the disk, but I don't think so,
> (everything seems right, and i have tried quite alot of different things,
> just in case).
> 
> Does anyone know what might be wrong? And might even how to fix it? :)
> (And yes, it is correctly terminated! :))
> 
> Thanks for your time. (btw, sorry for this long letter, but i thought it
> would be best if I got as much information in it as possible about what
> that is wrong).
> 
> With Regards
> //Ola Eriksson   --    arctic%hetpost.ml.org@localhost
For AmigaOS, You must Use a patch because the HD is too big.

The Patch is on the Phase5 site and www.amiga.de for the use
of such disks.

I don't know the specifications of NetBSD (can it read disks > 4Gb ???)

Regards