On Fri 17 Mar 2000 at 17:38:03 -0500, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > I am trying to track down the compatibility of the VS3100/MS SCSI bus with
> > "modern" SCSI drives. The case in point is that I'm trying to connect a
> > SeaGate Barracuda (ST32550N) drive (2.54GB SCSI) to the internal bus,

I put a 2G Seagate disk in a VAXstation 3100/m38:

NetBSD 1.4T (XZAN) #3: Sat Feb 26 21:51:23 CET 2000
    rhialto@xzan.falu.nl:/vol1/rhialto/sup/root/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/XZAN

VAXstation /m{38,48}
cpu: KA41/42
cpu: Enabling primary cache, secondary cache
total memory = 32640 KB
avail memory = 27536 KB
...
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST52160N, 0344> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 2069 MB, 6536 cyl, 4 head, 162 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4238282 sectors

> I always (really, always) LLFMT via prom, before loading anything,
> to make sure the VAXstation is happy.  That cures many problems,
> but takes overnite, usually.

I never did anything special to this drive before connecting it, apart
from trying to install onto it in another MV 3100 that has a few disks
and runs Ultrix. So far it works great.

-Olaf.
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