Charles M. Hannum wrote:

>On Sunday 13 February 2005 22:15, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
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>>I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to use this disk in the
>>setup I've got,  and I'm hoping someone can clue me in.
>>
>>I've got an IBM 18G scsi disk with SCA connector, and an SCA<->50-pin
>>adapter.  This is connected to the internal scsi bus of my Power Tower
>>Pro (OF 1.0.5, if it matters... mesh0), and no matter what jumpers I
>>jump, it comes up as 'drive offline':
>>
>>sd1 at scsibus1 target 5 lun 0: <IBM, DXHS, 0430> disk fixed
>>sd1: drive offline
>>
>>
>>HOWEVER, if I use 'scsictl sd1 start', then use scsictl to detach and
>>rescan the bus, the drive works OK:
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>>
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>Have you actually tried using it without the "scsictl sd1 start"?  It should 
>be spun up automatically.  Even if it's not, issuing the START command and 
>then reopening the device should work fine.
>
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yes, I have tried, and it doesn't work.

>In addition, most drives have a jumper that you can move to cause them to spin 
>up automatically when power is applied.
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>

In part of the message that you elided, I said that the "Auto Start" 
jumper is enabled.

Note also  that I have several of these disks, and they all behave the 
same way.

Thanks for the response.

+j