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Re: Buslogic BT-958D, Quatum Atlas II drives, Redhat 5.1 woes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason P Schanuel)
Thu Jun 18 08:38:38 1998
From: "Jason P Schanuel" <gobills@cais.com>
To: <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:24:16 -0400
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Hi,
Just a little update:
The formatable drive actually reports itself as a Quantum XP39100WD. The =
other two can't be formated (format failed!) on the low leve format. =
Also one of the two unformatable drives always fails the verify with =
"verify failed! No Sense".
Even assuming the two DS20I drives need to be returned, I would still =
like to be able to install Redhat 5.1 on the remaining (supposedly good) =
drive.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason P Schanuel <jason@pop.cc.nih.gov>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 12:35 AM
Subject: Buslogic BT-958D, Quatum Atlas II drives, Redhat 5.1 woes
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Hello,
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I have the following:
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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=20
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here are my questions:
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1) Why does the redhat install disk keep timing out?
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2) Why can't I format the DS20I drives?
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3) What are DS20I drives?
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4) Has anyone else managed to make a similar setup work? And how?
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Thanks,
Jason P Schanuel=20
jason@cc.nih.gov
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2> Just a =
little=20
update:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The formatable drive actually reports itself as a =
Quantum=20
XP39100WD. The other two can't be formated (format failed!) on the low =
leve=20
format. Also one of the two unformatable drives always fails the verify =
with=20
"verify failed! No Sense".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Even assuming the two DS20I drives need to be =
returned, I=20
would still like to be able to install Redhat 5.1 on the remaining =
(supposedly=20
good) drive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original =
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</B>Jason P Schanuel <<A=20
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A>><BR><B>Date:=20
</B>Thursday, June 18, 1998 12:35 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Buslogic =
BT-958D,=20
Quatum Atlas II drives, Redhat 5.1 woes<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<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=20
itself as 9100WD as expected. I managed to verify this one and do a =
low=20
level format on it. The other two report as DS20I (whatever that =
means). I=20
can't low level format either of these (format failed message =
immediately).=20
I can verify one of them and will try the other soon. One of the =
DS20I=20
drives failed the verify with 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=20
found and the description looks good but I always get timeouts on =
target 0=20
and it 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=20
slower 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?=20
And 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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