[comp.periphs] Need help with WREN IV on NeXT

rock@lighthouse.com (Roger Rock Rosner) (01/14/90)

Thanks to the gracious contributions of disktab entries, I managed to
format the WREN IV (94171-9) we bought.  However, we now have an odd
problem with booting.

The NeXT freezes during boot after printing 

    SCSI 53C90A Controller, Target 7, as sc0 at 0x2014000

If I then hit the Power key, and reply "n" to the resultant query, the
machine continues to boot.  Seems to me the SCSI controller is
confused.  Could this be the result of using incorrect disktab
parameters?

There are no problems reading or writing the disk thereafter.  Please
let me know if you've experienced a similar problem.

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We have another problem with building the disk.  The builddisk script
cannot seem to read some of the important /usr/template files.  I
imagine this has something to do with the fact that we're running the
machine as a diskless node while trying to format its drive.

I'd hate to have to pop an OD out of another machine to get the WREN
formatted, but it looks like I'll have to try that next.  Any ideas?

In the meantime, I've named the WREN "swapdisk", and it's working fine
(save for the above problem).  I kind of like the idea of having 300
meg of swap space...

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Any help with either of the above would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Roger Rosner
Lighthouse Design, Ltd.
NeXT Mail: rock@lighthouse.com or ...!uunet!lighthouse!rock

cattelan@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Russell Cattelan) (01/14/90)

In article <1990Jan13.215553.2428@lighthouse.com> rock@lighthouse.com (Roger Rock Rosner) writes:
>
>In the meantime, I've named the WREN "swapdisk", and it's working fine
>(save for the above problem).  I kind of like the idea of having 300
>meg of swap space...
Ya! lookupd will love you, Just imagine how much memory it will be able
to snarf before device full errors begin.


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