[wplug] SCSI drives..
techmike
mikeslists at access995.com
Fri Apr 16 12:00:13 EDT 2004
Nope.. This actually brings up a question of mine. If the system was
installed in a box with no scsi controller or drives do you need do
anything to add them?
I remember reading waaay back something about recompiling the kernel to
add SCSI emulation for cd burners or something of the sort.
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: "Embery, Nathan" <Nathan.Embery at crowncastle.com>
To: "'General user list'" <wplug at wplug.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:40:14 -0400
Subject: RE: [wplug] SCSI drives..
> Just out of curiosity, did you compile your own kernel?
> Nate
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techmike [mailto:mikeslists at access995.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:31 AM
> To: General user list
> Subject: RE: [wplug] SCSI drives..
>
>
> Hrmm.. Tried booting to a knoppix cd, and was able to access the drive
> okay.
>
> I went out on a limb and am trying a different SCSI card.. This one a
> Adaptec 2940..
>
> Still no attached devices in /proc/scsi/scsi nor is the adapter listed
> in
> /proc/scsi at all..
>
> Below is a snippit from /var/log/messages
>
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: PCI: Enabling device 00:10.0 (0016 ->
> 0017)
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:10.0
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI
> SCSI
> HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.8
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: <Adaptec 2940 Ultra SCSI
> adapter>
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A,
> SCSI
> Id=7, 16/253 SCBs
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel:
> Apr 16 10:51:21 nfsbox kernel: blk: queue d4aee214, I/O limit 4095Mb
> (mask
> 0xffffffff)
> Apr 16 10:51:36 nfsbox kernel: Vendor: QUANTUM Model: VIKING II
> 9.1WSE
> Rev: 5520
> Apr 16 10:51:36 nfsbox kernel: Type: Direct-Access
>
> ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Apr 16 10:51:36 nfsbox kernel: blk: queue d4aeec14, I/O limit 4095Mb
> (mask
> 0xffffffff)
> Apr 16 10:51:40 nfsbox kernel: scsi1:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.
> Depth
> 253
> Apr 16 10:51:40 nfsbox kernel: scsi : 1 host left.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Vanco, Don" <don.vanco at agilysys.com>
> To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:32:47 -0400
> Subject: RE: [wplug] SCSI drives..
>
> > 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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