Message-ID: <BD1FC5888994D411AE0800508B5A064405D8D0@xtet0se8.dbva2000.hypovereinsbank.de> From: Reinhold.Farsch@HVBInfo.com Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:55:50 +0200 Subject: AW: [suse-sparc] External SCSI
Hi,
try on the OBP an probe-scsi-all. If you see all of your drives scsi will be
OK.
there is some domcumentation for SS5;
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Workstation_Products/W
orkstations/SPARCstation_Workstations/
by
Reinhold
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Reinhold Farsch
HVBInfo GmbH
Abt. INF5M2 - Unix Systeme
| Resistance is futile |
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Thomas Bishop [SMTP:tb64710@alltel.net]
> Gesendet am: Montag, 6. Mai 2002 12:43
> An: suse-sparc@suse.com
> Betreff: [suse-sparc] External SCSI
>
> Hello,
> Finally got SuSE7.3 for sparc......very nice! I am in awe of the amount
> of
> effort and dedication involved in producing such a product. X86 or Sparc,
>
> SuSE is the best.
>
> Allow me to show my newbiness/ignorance:
>
> I have an ss5 with 64M ram, 110mHz., cdrom, floppy. Suse is installed on
> an
> IBM 4.2G internal scsi drive (/dev/sda). No probs there. However I also
> have three other 2.1G drives that I wish to put to use. When I add one
> internally (shows as /dev/sdb), it is no problem. I have used the drive
> holder and scsi backplane from a parts machine to house the other two
> drives
> externally. When I plug this contraption into the scsi port on the back of
>
> the ss5, the machine locks. I also can't start up linux when I boot with
> these drives already attached. I thought I was making the equivalent of a
>
> 411 external drive holder when I did this. Something must be different.
> It's my understanding that the backplane provides termination? Do I need
> to
> do *something* with ID's? And how? None of the four drives seem to have
> any
> jumpers set. I really could use some pointers to docs, or help before I
> get
> any deeper or blow something up! Gotta go to work, but I'll respond to
> any
> replies this P.M..
> Thanks,
> Tom
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