file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff..

file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff..

[philw]

>johns@cs.umr.EDU (John Stone) writes:
>|   I've noticed  some other scsi weirdness that I havn't figured 
>|   out yet..  When I boot, I always get this:
>|     message #02
>|     scsiintr: not disconnect: status=87 step/intr=418 dma=94000011
>|     D6.0.0.0: reverting to non-disconnecting mode
>|     wrenread: D6.0.0.0(2460) bad status 4100
>|     wrenread: D6.0.0.0(2461) bad status 6002
>
>I used to get similar messages on my ss2 fileserver, but a fix from
>Jim (recompile with the old scsi driver from the first edition) fixed
>it.
Do not apply jmk fix unless the disk does not work. Its supposed to
do this. It means the scsi driver saw an unexpected disconnect
from the drive and decided to play it safe by moving to non
disconnecting mode. It will retry the IO and by the looks of it
succeed.

file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff..

[Scott]

johns@cs.umr.EDU (John Stone) writes:
|   I've noticed  some other scsi weirdness that I havn't figured 
|   out yet..  When I boot, I always get this:
|     message #02
|     scsiintr: not disconnect: status=87 step/intr=418 dma=94000011
|     D6.0.0.0: reverting to non-disconnecting mode
|     wrenread: D6.0.0.0(2460) bad status 4100
|     wrenread: D6.0.0.0(2461) bad status 6002

I used to get similar messages on my ss2 fileserver, but a fix from
Jim (recompile with the old scsi driver from the first edition) fixed
it.

file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff..

[Steve_Kilbane]

Scott wrote:
> You've got a serial tty plugged into ttya, right?  
> That's what it uses for the console.
> 
WHOA! Hell, no. I must've missed that. Bloody hell. And it
works, too. i can go home now. :-)

thanks.

steve

file-server setup. --> Sun config stuff..

[Steve_Kilbane]

In article <42iefg$gj3@hptemp1.cc.umr.edu>, johns@cs.umr.EDU (John Stone) writes:
> In article <9509051015.AA15050@phantom.cegelecproj.co.uk>,
> Steve_Kilbane <9fans@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
> >A more extreme method was to try installing the CD directly to a Sun running
> >/sparc/9ssfs. However, after that kernel loads via tftp, it doesn't do
> >anything. I'd expected the config: prompt, but it appears to have hung. ^T^Tr
> >and L1-A don't do anything. This was a surprise, because 9ss and 9sscd both
> >work.

> First, you need to be running an SS2, IPX, or one of the other SS2-like 
> Sun4C machines.

Yep. it's an SS2, with 64MB.

> That said, I think I know of one thing to check: 
> 
>   Does your SS2/IPX/...'s disk spin up at power on, or at scsi "start"? 

As far as I know. Also, I've tried:
	- booting as you suggest
	- booting from a power reset
	- booting straight after halting SunOS

with no apparent differences in results.

> If anyone else has explainations for the SCSI and lance errors, let me
> know..

I haven't seen any errors at all. It finishes downloading the kernel,
and That's All She Wrote. :-(

steve
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