On Thursday 19 July 2001 21:14, Erik E. Fair wrote:

> That is NOT true! It will work with ANY standard SCSI drive that
> obeys the IDENT command, per specification. If "probe-scsi" isn't
> seeing a drive, it's disconnected or dead.

	Please calm down. It is not necessary -- heck, it's downright rude -- to 
violently contradict anyone without listening to all the facts.

	Those facts are: I have had a number of cases of SPARC IPC's, IPX's, 
Classics, and even SPARC 5's where I've installed a non-Sun SCSI drive, 
had it work perfectly in the OS, and fail to respond properly to 
'probe-scsi.'

	Perhaps my experiences are the result of firmware oddities. Whatever the 
case, the possibility that 'probe-scsi' may be failing on Jack's drive 
because it's not equipped with Sun firmware cannot be ignored.

	If you want to disagree with me, that's fine. I would ask, however, that 
you please be more polite about it.

-- 
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ARS KC7GR -- Formerly WD6EOS -- kyrrin@bluefeathertech.com
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