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Buslogic BT-958D, Quatum Atlas II drives, Redhat 5.1 woes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason P Schanuel)
Thu Jun 18 00:42:18 1998
From: "Jason P Schanuel" <jason@pop.cc.nih.gov>
To: <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:24:27 -0400
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Hello,
I have the following:
Tyan Tiger 100 motherboard with one 300 MHz PII
Buslogic(Mylex) BT-958D wide diffential SCSI adapter
3 9.1GB Quantum atlas II drives
3 drive wide SCSI cable
wide differential SCSI III passthru terminator
I bought these drives from www.onsale.com and one of them reports itself =
as 9100WD as expected. I managed to verify this one and do a low level =
format on it. The other two report as DS20I (whatever that means). I =
can't low level format either of these (format failed message =
immediately). I can verify one of them and will try the other soon. One =
of the DS20I drives failed the verify with another cable.
But even with just the 9100wd drive connected (and the terminator =
hanging loose on the end of the cable I can't install redhat 5.1.
I boot off of the CD and go to expert mode. The card is found and the =
description looks good but I always get timeouts on target 0 and it =
keeps resetting the SCSI bus.
When I started having problems I changed the BT-958D settings to the =
safe ones (and reenabled the power up options). I assumed this should =
solve any cabling or termination problems with the slower speeds and =
narrow operation.
Here are my questions:
1) Why does the redhat install disk keep timing out?
2) Why can't I format the DS20I drives?
3) What are DS20I drives?
4) Has anyone else managed to make a similar setup work? And how?
Thanks,
Jason P Schanuel
jason@cc.nih.gov
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I have the following:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Tyan Tiger 100 motherboard with one =
300 MHz=20
PII</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Buslogic(Mylex) BT-958D wide =
diffential SCSI=20
adapter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>3 9.1GB Quantum atlas II =
drives</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3 drive wide SCSI cable</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>wide differential SCSI III passthru=20
terminator</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I bought these drives from <A=20
href=3D"http://www.onsale.com">www.onsale.com</A> and one of them =
reports itself=20
as 9100WD as expected. I managed to verify this one and do a low level =
format on=20
it. The other two report as DS20I (whatever that means). I can't low =
level=20
format either of these (format failed message immediately). I can verify =
one of=20
them and will try the other soon. One of the DS20I drives failed the =
verify with=20
another cable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>But even with just the 9100wd drive connected (and =
the=20
terminator hanging loose on the end of the cable I can't install redhat=20
5.1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>I boot off of the CD and go to expert mode. The card =
is found=20
and the description looks good but I always get timeouts on target 0 and =
it=20
keeps resetting the SCSI bus.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>When I started having problems I =
changed the=20
BT-958D settings to the safe ones (and reenabled the power up options). =
I=20
assumed this should solve any cabling or termination problems with the =
slower=20
speeds and narrow operation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Here are my questions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1) Why does the redhat install disk keep timing=20
out?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2) Why can't I format the DS20I drives?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3) What are DS20I drives?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>4) Has anyone else managed to make a similar setup =
work? And=20
how?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> Jason P Schanuel</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:jason@cc.nih.gov">jason@cc.nih.gov</A></FONT></DIV>
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