holla@gatech.edu (Craig Hollabaugh) (01/28/90)
I am having problems formatting with the setup below. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Sun 3/260 with SunOS 4.0.3 Emulex MD21 disk controller Micropolis 1558 (original disk) Maxtor XT8760E (additional disk) the Micropolis disk is the original drive that came with the Sun. It has been working fine for 6 months. I am having problems formatting the Maxtor as an additional drive for our system. Please oh please, I need someone's help thanks Craig Hollabaugh Analog Microelectronics, Georgia Tech holla@eedsp.gatech.edu (404)873-5693,894-2908#6
weber@cg-atla.agfa.com (Jeff Weber) (02/05/90)
In article <4483@brazos.Rice.edu> eedsp!holla@gatech.edu (Craig Hollabaugh) writes: >X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 14, message 8 of 14 > >I am having problems formatting with the setup below. Any suggestions >would be greatly appreciated. > >Sun 3/260 with SunOS 4.0.3 >Emulex MD21 disk controller >Micropolis 1558 (original disk) >Maxtor XT8760E (additional disk) Well let's see...... One: the MD-21 doesn't support being connected to two different types of disks (1558 vs XT-8760) Two: The MD-21 may not have the firmware to support such a large disk (rev E or later I think) Three: The documentation for the MD-21 may well be wrong for that disk Regards, Jeff Weber Just because the cables fit doesn't mean it works!
joey@uunet.uu.net (Joe Pruett) (02/09/90)
I've seen it mentioned multiple times that the MD-21 won't support two different drives at once. I've been able to do this for the Micropolis 1355 and 1558 with no trouble. Maybe there are different ROM versions that don't work, or maybe certain combinations work and others don't, but it is possible, at least, for the combination I mentioned above. The main thing to worry about is making sure you only have the last drive in the chain terminated.