ardai@bass.bu.edu (Michael Ardai) (03/13/91)
Aparantly, Coherent has a problem with Maxtor 3280 (220 Meg) drives. Right before partitioning, I get the following error: /etc/fdisk: cannot get "/tmp/dev/sd0x" drive characteristics /etc/build: command "/etc/fdisk -cb /conf/mboot /tmp/dev/sd0x" failed It seems that Coherent is unable to get the drive parameter info, and thus can't use that drive. MWC has no idea what is causing this. According to them, there is no problem with the more reasonable Maxtors such as the 4380 or the 3 inchers. My 100 Meg Quantum works fine, so it isn't the controller. /mike -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai ardai@bu-pub.bu.edu ...!sun!teda!ardai (preferred) --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- /|\ Teradyne EDA East (617) 254-3420
efeustel@prime.com (Ed Feustel) (03/13/91)
The probable reason is not Coherent, but the fact that the 3280 takes so long to initialize itself. Its Z8 processor on board produces one of the longest initializations known! If there is a way to delay the command which tries to determine the characteristics for a second or so, my guess would be that it will work. Ed Feustel