scsiformat uses the /dev/sg* device, not /dev/sdb. Does this mean that the disk is not listed under /proc/scsi/scsi at all ?
Ionut PS I *have* used scsiformat to low level format SCSI drives in the past. I only hope that this will also change/reset the block size to a common value. On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 10:22, Szieberth Denes wrote: > > apt-get install scsitools > > > > or similar. There used to be a command for low level format of scsi > > discs. You don't need the controller's utilities. > > > > Have fun :) > > Ionut > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 12:26, Szieberth Denes wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have an UP2000 motherboard with an on-board AIC-7891 SCSI controller. > > > I'd like to attach a disk which has a block size different from 512 bytes. > > > Is it posible to start the controller's scsi utilities before or from the > > > SRM > > > console to modify the block size? > > > cheers > > > dino > > -- > > > I can't really use scsitools bacause the drive has an unusual block size. > The kernel gives the following message durng bootup: > > ---- > (scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/6/0 > (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 32/255 SCBs > (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 393 instructions downloaded > scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.33/3.2.4 > <Adaptec AIC-7890/1 Ultra2 SCSI host adapter> > scsi : 1 host. > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318451LW Rev: 0003 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 > Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 > Vendor: IBMAS400 Model: DGVS09U Rev: S9NA > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 > scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total. > (scsi0:0:1:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 63. > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35843671 [17501 MB] > [17.5 GB] > (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 80.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 63. > sdb : unsupported sector size 522. > scsi : deleting disk entry. > ---- > > and I can't reach the second disk with scsitools (there's no sdb device). > I was told that a low level scsi format with the controller' disk utilities > can modify the block > size. > > so the question remains: how could I start the controller's utilities > before bootup? > > dino > -- *************** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * "In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix * you can do anything your computer is able to do."
