Subject: Hard drives that don't suck
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/26/2000 02:40:51
> >   Fix script bug in processing QUEUE FULL response (would always
> >   trigger an assertion failure), and add Quantum Atlas IV drives
> >   to the quirk table so that they don't use tagged queueing.
> >   Fixes problems reported in PR#7694.
> >
> > It's possible that your drive supposedly supports some feature that
> > doesn't work, like command queueing.
>
> Maybe?  I couldn't find any problems associated with my drive in other BSD
> problem lists other than the ambiguous "Quantum Fireball" reference in the
> NetBSD FAQ.

> If I try the 40mb drive an it flies I may be able to trade the Fireball I have
> for another drive. What drives have you seen success with?

Let's see:

This is a 4 gig Seagate in a Quadra 800:
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST15150N, 0017> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 4095MB, 3712 cyl, 21 head, 107 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8388315 sectors

A 1 gig Seagate in another Quadra:
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST51080N, 0913> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 1030 MB, 4826 cyl, 4 head, 109 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2109840 sectors

IBM 9 and 18 gig wide ultra drives in a FreeBSD machine:
da1: <IBM DGHS09U 0313> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da1: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da1: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C)
da0: <IBM DNES-318350W SA30> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da0: 20.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 17501MB (35843670 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 2231C)

Two IBM 18 gig wide ultra drives and a Seagate 4 gig in an Amiga 4000:
cbiiisc0: target 0 now wide 1
cbiiisc0: target 0 now synchronous, period=50ns, offset=16
siopng sync: siop_sxfr 30, siop_scntl3 95
*** Does anyone know what this is for? ^ ***
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <IBM, DDYS-T18350N, S80D> SCSI3 0/direct fixed
sd0: 17501MB, 15110 cyl, 6 head, 395 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 35843670 sectors
cbiiisc0: target 1 now wide 1
cbiiisc0: target 1 now synchronous, period=50ns, offset=16
siopng sync: siop_sxfr 30, siop_scntl3 95
sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <IBM, DDYS-T18350N, S80D> SCSI3 0/direct fixed
sd1: 17501MB, 15110 cyl, 6 head, 395 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 35843670 sectors
cbiiisc0: target 2 now wide 1
cbiiisc0: target 2 now synchronous, period=50ns, offset=15
siopng sync: siop_sxfr 2f, siop_scntl3 95
sd2 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST34371W, 0280> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd2: 4148MB, 5168 cyl, 10 head, 164 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8496960 sectors

Another 4 gig Seagate and an HP tape drive in an Amiga 3000:
ahsc0: target 0 now synchronous, period=208ns, offset=12.
sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST15150N, 0022> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 4095 MB, 3712 cyl, 21 head, 107 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8388315 sectors
ahsc0: target 2 now synchronous, period=208ns, offset=8.
st0 at scsibus0 target 2 lun 0: <HP, HP35480A, T503> SCSI2 1/sequential removable
st0: drive empty


I've also used all varieties of Apple drives (mostly Quantum), lots of
Seagates (.5, 1, 2, 4, and 9 gig, Hawk, Barracuda, Medalist).

I hope this helps.

John Klos