Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote: > "Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > > --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 > > +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 > > @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ > > void BusLogic_AcquireHostAdapterLock(BusLo

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Jeff Garzik
"Richard B. Johnson" wrote: > --- linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.h.orig Thu Oct 12 11:22:44 2000 > +++ linux-2.2.17/drivers/scsi/BusLogic.hThu Oct 12 11:47:07 2000 > @@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ > void BusLogic_AcquireHostAdapterLock(BusLogic_HostAdapter_T *HostAdapter, >

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Matthias Andree wrote: > > Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been > > turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note > > that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS > > diagnostic setup utility. > > That BIO

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Matthias Andree
> Note that the sync-rate of target 6, the device I added, has been > turned down to try to eliminate any hardware problems. Also note > that the entire drive has been read/written with the BusLogic BIOS > diagnostic setup utility. That BIOS setup tool might just use asynchronous I/O for anything

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Richard B. Johnson
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Guest section DW wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > Linux version 2.2.17 > > I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. > > Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. > On the other hand, Seagate ST39102LW

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-12 Thread Gnea
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:24:51 +0200, Guest section DW blurted forth: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format > > and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. > > > > fdisk seemed to work

Re: BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Guest section DW
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 05:11:39PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > Linux version 2.2.17 > I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. Hmm. Your C/H/S multiplies out to 9.1 GB. On the other hand, Seagate ST39102LW has 9105018880 bytes, so probably the 8 was a typo (and you

BIG problem with BusLogic SCSI and/or something else

2000-10-11 Thread Richard B. Johnson
I tried to add a new Hard disk. It's s Seagate ST39102LW 8.1 Gb. In the BIOS setup of the BusLogic adapter, I was able to format and verify the disk with no problems whatsoever. fdisk seemed to work okay. I made partitions. mke2fs would fail (hang the system) while writing inodes. The BusLogic d