[wplug] SCSI drives..

[Vanco, Don]

wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org wrote:
> Gotcha..  There was actually "Attached devices: none" in
> /proc/scsi/scsi, besides that /ide-scsi is the only other
> directory.  sym53c8xx_2 I noticed is the next closest
> module..  Tried about 4 of them, no luck with any of them..

	Is the device enabled in the SCSI BIOS?  I can't see anything in
the logs that make me believe there's something else going on.......


> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Vanco, Don" <don.vanco at agilysys.com>
> To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:15:42 -0400
> Subject: RE: [wplug] SCSI drives..
> 
>> wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org wrote:
>>> Well, to followup with my last two posts . . .
>>> 
>>> I took a leap of faith and just stuck the old IDE drive in it's new
>>>  home. Kudzu did its job of detecting everything, including the
>>> SCSI controller. 
>>> 
>>> However I still cannot mount nor fdisk the scsi hdd.
>>> 
>>> Intrestingly enough if I run kudzu again from commandline it spouts
>>> off the diagnosics to the console indicating the HDD that is
>>> attached as SDA, and the one partition I have on it as SDA1.
>>> 
>>> However,
>>> 
>>> [root at nfsbox dev]# fdisk /dev/sda
>>> Unable to open /dev/sda
>> 
>> Is there an alternate module you can try for SCSI support (true of
>> Adaptec and Symbios (and emulated) cards)?
>> 
>> Do you see the device in /proc?
>> e.g.:
>> [root at DL320 root]# less /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices:
>> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: IBM      Model: DDRS-34560W      Rev: S98G
>>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: COMPAQ   Model: BD018734A4       Rev: 3B11
>>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> 
>> and/or
>> 
>> [root at DL320 root]# less /proc/scsi/sym53c8xx/0 General information:
>>   Chip sym53c895a, device id 0x12, revision id 0x1
>>   On PCI bus 1, device 2, function 0, IRQ 3
>>   Synchronous period factor 10, max commands per lun 32
>> 
>> 
>> Consider re-creating the node
>> [root at DL320 root]# ls -la /dev/sda
>> brw-rw----    1 root     disk       8,   0 Sep 15  2003 /dev/sda
>> 
>> ergo:
>> rm /dev/sda
>> mknod /dev/sda b 8 0
>> 
>> grasping....
>> Don
>> 
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