I'll have to organise downtime for this - but I'll give it a go.
Thanks.
Tony...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 9 February 2001 13:43
> To: Tony Young
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] SCSI disk problems
>
>
> To get around this, you should be able to force the card to
> run at a lower
> speed in the SCSI bios.
>
> This will decress performance but should clean up the errors.
>
> Regards, Alan Lee
> Ecom Computers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:38 PM
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] SCSI disk problems
>
>
> >
> > 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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