stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions) (09/12/90)
On a MIPS RC3240 running RISCos 4.50 I have installed
an exabyte drive as unit # 5. The switches are set
according to the 4.50 release notes.
If I boot with:
boot -f dkis()unix showconfig
I can access the exabyte.
If I don't boot with showconfig, the command:
mt -f /dev/rmt/h0 status
returns:
/dev/rmt/h0: No such device.
as does dd, tar, and any thing else that tries
to open the device.
I assume this is a problem with the initialization
of the SCSI devices at boot time, but I have not
taken the time to go look at the device driver since
booting showconfig is a fairly simple work around.
Anyone have a better solution (like a working kernel :-).
-stacy
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- 'Q' _Star Trek, The Next Generation_ stacy@sobeco.comrogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (09/13/90)
In article <1990Sep12.151525.16755@sobeco.com> stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions) writes: > >On a MIPS RC3240 running RISCos 4.50 I have installed >an exabyte drive as unit # 5. The switches are set >according to the 4.50 release notes. > >If I boot with: > >boot -f dkis()unix showconfig > >I can access the exabyte. > >If I don't boot with showconfig, the command: > >mt -f /dev/rmt/h0 status > >returns: > >/dev/rmt/h0: No such device. > >as does dd, tar, and any thing else that tries >to open the device. > >I assume this is a problem with the initialization >of the SCSI devices at boot time, but I have not >taken the time to go look at the device driver since >booting showconfig is a fairly simple work around. >Anyone have a better solution (like a working kernel :-). Did your 4.50 release include a document headed "READ ME FIRST"? The fix for this problem is documented therein. Contact the CRC for either (a) a script you can run in the startup sequence to clear the drive status, or (b) a driver source patch, whichever you prefer. -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. MS 6-05 930 DeGuigne Dr. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 +1 408 524-7421 rogerk@mips.COM {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rogerk "I'm the NLA" "Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself." --Rita Mae Brown
stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions) (09/14/90)
In <41472@mips.mips.COM> rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes: >Did your 4.50 release include a document headed "READ ME FIRST"? The fix for >this problem is documented therein. Unfortunately, by the time I see anything it has been opened, sorted, added to inventory, lost, found, taken out of inventory, and then deliverd to me. If we did get a "READ ME FIRST" it didn't make it to me. >Contact the CRC for either (a) a script you can run in the startup sequence >to clear the drive status, or (b) a driver source patch, whichever you prefer. Thank you very much. Now that's what I call service. -stacy -- "Eat any good books lately?" uunet!sobeco!stacy - 'Q' _Star Trek, The Next Generation_ stacy@sobeco.com
tony@raid5.uucp (Tony Andrews) (09/17/90)
In article <1990Sep12.151525.16755@sobeco.com> stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions) writes: > >On a MIPS RC3240 running RISCos 4.50 I have installed >an exabyte drive as unit # 5. The switches are set >according to the 4.50 release notes. >... I reported this to Mips after installing 4.50 on our M/120 and was given a workaround. Put the following two lines in the file "/etc/rc2.d/S99LOCALexabyte": #!/bin/sh /bin/echo "a scsi_un[5].un_flags = 0\nq!" | /usr/ucb/dbx -k /unix -- Tony Andrews uunet!dunike!onecom!raid5!tony Array Technology Corp. 4775 Walnut St., Suite B Boulder, Colorado 80301 USA