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- From: astoker@nyx.cs.du.edu (Andrew Stoker)
- Subject: Having problems adding new disc - URGENT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.220457.13203@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:04:57 GMT
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- Setup: Sun 3/60, SunOS 4.1.1, current disc is 300Mb Maxtor XT-8380E as sd2
-
- Objective: Temporairly add a Sun shoebox, one of the Seagate ST1480 family.
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- I'm not sure what the new disc is configured as, I'm assuming it's sd0, but
- I'd rather not have to go opening the case and poking around to find out.
- Also, the new disk is formatted, but has nothing on it, my current disc has
- the OS on it, the idea is to connect the new disc and copy the OS across.
-
- At the back, there's two 50pin SCSI connectors, I've plugged the sun into the
- bottom one, and the current sd2 disk into the top one, then booted the
- machine, here's when the fun begins, I get these error messages:
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- scsi: getbyte failed
- scsi: getbyte failed
- invalid status msg = FFFFFFFF
-
- this is repeated again, and then nothing else, no response from either disc,
- if I swap the connections to the new scsi disc around and boot, there's
- NOTHING, no error messages, zilch, the Maxtor also has a scsi tape in it's
- casing, in both cases, this grinds/chugs for a bit, but that's about all that
- happens, and isn't out of the ordinary.
-
- On the back of the shoebox, is also a little window thing, with the number 1
- in it, and two miniscule buttons above and below, with - and + on them
- respectively, what is this for? Is it perhaps an indicator of what sd? this
- disk is configured for, meaning that it's currently sd1?
-
- I've looked through admin manual pages, but can't find any reference to the
- error messages, so I'll look through paper manuals tonight, in the meantime
- though, can anyone tell me what might be wrong? This is very important, and
- any help would be useful.
-
- Andrew
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- Andrew J. Stoker | "My lord, I cannot ride!"
- Leicester Uni. | "Capital, we shall give you a horse that can't be ridden."
- ajs6@leicester.ac.uk | ``Wyrd Sisters'', Terry Pratchett
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