beauchem@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Denis Beauchemin) (01/18/91)
Hi there, My technician tried to configure a "foreign" SCSI disk on a 6386 (with SCSI, of course) and was unable to get it recognized by the system. What are the steps he should have followed? Thanks for any help, -- === Denis Beauchemin, === beauchem@DMI.USherb.CA === === Dir. R&D ============================== === Sisca Informatique === I speak for myself... === === (819) 564-4003. ==============================
thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (01/27/91)
beauchem@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Denis Beauchemin)
in <1991Jan18.040535.17078@DMI.USherb.CA> writes:
My technician tried to configure a "foreign" SCSI disk on a 6386 (with
SCSI, of course) and was unable to get it recognized by the system.
What are the steps he should have followed?
What SCSI interface card do you have in your 6386? Reason I ask is that I
assisted our Users' Group secretary adding four (4) SCSI drives to her 6386
equipped with the Adaptec 1542 and there was no problem whatsoever (with a
mixture of Quantum and other drives).
You may want to peruse the postings in comp.periphs.scsi, especially those
from Roy Neese, for additional help.
Please be sure to specify the SCSI interface (i.e. your "Host Adapter") and
the brand(s)/model(s) of your SCSI HDs; that information is required because
many extant SCSI devices are not exactly compatible with other manufacturer's
devices.
And it DOES make a difference whether you're configuring those SCSI HDs for
DOS or for UNIX, so include all information.
Roy is an expert configuring SCSI for DOS-based machines, so I strongly urge
to you see his postings in comp.periphs.scsi.
Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com ]rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel) (02/06/91)
In article <1991Jan18.040535.17078@DMI.USherb.CA> beauchem@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Denis Beauchemin) writes: >Hi there, > >My technician tried to configure a "foreign" SCSI disk on a 6386 (with SCSI, of >course) and was unable to get it recognized by the system. What are the steps >he should have followed? Which 6386 do you have? Olivetti or Intel? If Olivetti (16mhz or 20mhz) you need to run the setup disk and setup the heads, cylinders, etc for you drive. If on the Intel box (25mhz, 33mhz), you enter setup by holding down control-alt-insert while booting up (after the keyboard test). A screen comes up to allow configuring the hard disk parameters. To low level the hard disk, use the Customer Diagnos disk, select floppy utilities and hold down contol-alt-F. This is a hidden menu that contains low level format utilities. You can then low level format your drive.