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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: SGI floppy drive faulty?
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Dec12.170250.20376@cs.wayne.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 18:23:05 GMT
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- In <1992Dec12.170250.20376@cs.wayne.edu> atems@igor.physics.wayne.edu (Dale Atems) writes:
- | Occasionally on booting my system (an entry R3K Indigo) I get SCSI
- | error messages echoed to the screen and also to the SYSLOG, such as:
- |
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,1,0: cmd=0x12 timeout after 1 sec. Resetting SCSI bus
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,2,0: cmd=0x12 timeout after 1 sec. Resetting SCSI bus
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,3,0: cmd=0x12 Unexpected info phase 20, state 4B. Resetting SCSI bus
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,3,0: cmd=0x12 Unexpected info phase 20, state 4B. Resetting SCSI bus
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,5,0: cmd=0x12 timeout after 1 sec. Resetting SCSI bus
- | Dec 11 19:04:27 igor unix: sc0,6,0: cmd=0x12 timeout after 1 sec. Resetting SCSI bus
- |
- | hinv then shows all devices connected to the SCSI bus except the
- | floppy drive, which is at ID=3. So far, the problem has always
- | corrected itself upon reboot, and it does not happen often. Is there
- | enough info here to determine whether the fault lies with the floppy
- | drive itself or something else?
-
- More than likely the floppy drive isn't properly seated. The floppy
- drives seem to have more problems with this than other devices, for
- some reason.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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