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Re: Ditto Jaz 2GB access solved
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Hansel)
Sat Jul 18 12:06:17 1998
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 11:03:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Hansel <hansel@hansel.moorhead.msus.edu>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980718095926.216A-100000@hansel.moorhead.msus.edu>
I have (almost) solved my own problem. I compiled all scsi drivers as
modules and hand loading them. Only then could I access the drive! From
here it should be straightforward to what I want (single e2fs partition).
On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Mark Hansel wrote:
> First, I appologize for asking what has likely been answered many times.
>
> Second, if someone could tell me where to get complete instructions on
> setting this up, I would be greatful (pizza level, at least).
>
> Third: the problem described.
>
> Setup: P5, 96Mb, IDE system (ide0, ide1, CDROM), removed floppy-
> tape drive (Colorado) to make room for Jaz.
>
> New hardware: Jaz Jet PCI card, AdvanSys chip (ASC 3054B / F01
> 2AST 040411 / AD2 80300924, connected to Ditto Jaz 2GB.
>
> (Note the advansys.c scsi low level driver addresses the 3050
> chip and the 3054 is unmentioned.)
>
> Dos (w/ Iomega.exe driver) recognizes the drive -- though with
> only 888,000,000 free bytes (interesting). Cabling therefore
> must be correct (yes?).
>
> Messages:
> 1. No (nada, 0, zip) boot messages. The Jaz Jet card bios
> does execute on each boot cycle and find the 2GB drive.
> 2. The interrupt table does not have an entry for scsi
> (expected). The card uses interupt 11 and I didn't find
> a way to change it in the bios setup (left at factory
> settings, BTW).
> 3. mount, jaztool, fdisk (<command> /dev/sd[?] (sda)
> <options>) all give "Unable to open /dev/sda".
>
> Kernel: 2.0.33 (and downloaded AdvanSys Linux.tgz which turned
> out to be identical to the 2.0.33 advansys.c and advansys.h)
>
> snippets from /usr/src/linux/.config:
>
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y [probably irrelevant]
> CONFIG_SCSI=y <---- *****************
> # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y [certainly irrelevant]
> # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
> # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set [Jaz Jet boot message says ID 4,LUN 0]
> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y [Tried this, nothing in messages or in syslog]
> # SCSI low-level drivers
> CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS=y <---- *****************
>
> Again, if this is documented in something other than Bob Willmot's 8/5/96
> or Drew Eckhardt's HOWTO, don't waste your valuable time repeating the
> information. Point me to it.
>
> What I have done was to follow Willmot's suggestions for the 1GB drive,
> although that document addresses primarily the Adaptec version of the
> Iomega card.
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Mark Hansel (218-236-2039)
> hansel@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
>
>
>
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