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Re: ncr53c8xx problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Johannes)
Wed Nov 10 04:04:27 1999

Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:00:28 -0600 (EST)
From:   Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
To:     Sven Anders <anderss@fmi.uni-passau.de>
cc:     linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
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I've been getting weird ncr53c8xx problems also.  In fact, I've had to
reinstall linux because I got back from work today, and found my hard
drive (seagate Model: ST39173W) completely wiped out of any data,
including the partition tables.  I was running kernel 2.2.13, redhat 5.2.
and the tekram DC-390F.

After re-installing linux (redhat 5.2),
I'm getting the message below in my log files:

------------------------BEGIN---------------------------------
Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035

ncr53c875-0-<0,0>: extraneous data discarded.
ncr53c875-0-<0,0>: COMMAND FAILED (9 0) @00ff2820.

Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
-----------------------END------------------------------------

Has anybody had this problem?  What would cause such a thing to happen?

I sent out the message below a week or so ago; then, I was using the
sym53c8xx driver.  But the total data wipe-out happened when I switched
back to using the ncr53c8xx driver.



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From: Robert Johannes <rjohanne@piper.hamline.edu>
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Subject: Scsi drive Failure coming?
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I've a SEAGATE   Model: ST39173WC Rev: 6244, using the tekram dc-390F  
scsi controller, with the sym53c8xx driver that comes with linux-kenerl
2.2.12.  I've been getting the following messages in my logs, and I
don't know how to interprete them, and if it is a problem occuring, what
to do to fix it?

------------------Begin Loged Message-------------

Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
limit=6136830
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: dev 08:04 blksize=1024 blocknr=1819044972
sector=-656877352 size=1024 count=1
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
limit=6136830
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: dev 08:04 blksize=1024 blocknr=1819044972
sector=-656877352 size=1024 count=1  
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Oct 21 06:09:27 okurut kernel: 08:04: rw=0, want=1819044973,
limit=6136830

------------------End of Loged Message-------------


If anybody can enlighten as to why I'm getting total data wipe-outs, and
these error messages, please help.  It is a very discomforting thought to
realize that these errors might lead to another data wipe-out.

Thanks

Robert Johannes


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