Hi Graeme!
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Graeme Hogg wrote:
> When i switch fdisk into BSD mode, it gives the message about starting the
> first partition on cylinder 2, you always get that, then nothing comes up
> for a minute, then I get scsi bus timeout errors, and have to restart the
OK, there we go! SCSI timeouts indicate hardware problems. (At least to
my knowledge...if anybody knows better, please do not hesitate to
let me know?) First thing to check: are all SCSI cables functional and
tightly connected. Next thing to check are the jumpers. Is the new disk
the last one on the cable? Is it properly terminated? Are all devices
except the one's at the cables ends properly terminated? (You probably
checked these things allready, just to be sure...)
> machine. I have upgraded to kernel 2.2.17, still the same, sho dev in the
> SRM console shows it is 267meg, minlabel in the nt bit of the jensen bios
> tells me i can initialise it for booting, or create on single 4 gig
> partition, but when it brings up the list of partitions, one that covers the
> whole disk is only 267meg. All the cylinders, sectors etc are correct. It is
> a wide scsi disk, with an adapter on it to plug it onto the scsi cable in
> the jensen, but that shouldn't cause any problems. The disk is fine, as it
> has been in my pc, the jensen does the same with a different 4 gig that i
> have as well.
Is this one also a wide SCSI disk and did you use the same wide-to-narrow
adapter?
Good luck
Sebastian Moeller
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