I saw that Dazza mentioned this too - does this mean that something like the
filesystem size is not likely to be an issue?
If LVD cables are orange and interwoven then I guess I've just got a
standard one. My sysadmin may have just grabbed one that was lying around.
I'll chase one up.
Thanks
Tony...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 9 February 2001 13:26
> To: Tony Young
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] SCSI disk problems
>
>
> LVD are usually orange interwoven cables, with a terminater
> at the end.
>
> You can get cables without terminaters, but you will need
> them. The drive
> may seem to work, but you will end up with problems from my
> experence ( A
> few hundred systems built/installed/configured, 3 this week alone!)
>
> Most controlers dont come with cables, unless its a retail
> kit or a raid
> controller.
>
> How much did the cable cost you? The cable should have
> costed $100au and
> above for a LVD one.
>
> We have them, Im not too sure about the cost..
>
> Regards, Alan Lee
> Ecom Computers
>
>
>
> Regards, Alan Lee
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DaZZa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] SCSI disk problems
>
>
> > On Fri, 9 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > I've got a linux box - RedHat 6.1 base, 2.2.16 kernel
> with nfsv3 patch
> > > I'm using the aic7xxx SCSI driver for an Adaptec AIC-7892
> Ultra 160/m
> > > adapter.
> > > I've got 1 20Gb SCSI drive (ID 0) Seagate ST318436LW
> > > I've created one partition for the whole disk.
> > >
> > > I'm getting the following sorts of messages in my syslog:
> > [...snipt...]
> >
> > > Unfortunately I don't know enough about SCSI drives to
> know what's going
> on
> > > here.
> > > Can anyone tell me what's causing these problems?
> > > Is the drive dead?
> > > Is there a bug in the driver?
> > > Is it because I've created too big a file system?
> >
> > Get a batter quality SCSI cable. U160 drives need extremely
> good quality
> > cables to work properly. Chances are yours is a little
> damaged, or not
> > terminated properly, or even too long.
> >
> > Did you buy an LVD cable to go with it, or did you just use
> any old thing?
> >
> > DaZZa
> >
> >
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