Hi, I recently sent the message below to Castlewood. When the ORB drive spins-down (sleeps), attempts to access the drive afterwards fail (I/O errors). In order to access the disk I have to unmount the disk, and remount it. I have an Iomega JAZZ drive connected to the same SCSI BUS that works perfectly (even after spin-down), so I'm a little frustrated with the ORB drive. They responded about how great they were and how the ORB disk is supported under any Linux distribution with kernel version 2.2 and higher. They didn't even touch my question. I'm hoping that someone on this list may have an ORB drive. Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Muir wrote: > > Hi, > > I am unhappy with my ORB disk. > > I run my system primarily under Mandrake Linux 7.0. My ORB disk works > fine on my system when the disk is mounted and unmounted by hand. I can > mount the disk, use it normally as long as it doesn't go into sleep > mode, and unmount it when I'm done using it. > > When my ORB disk spins-down (goes into sleep mode), any attemps to > re-read the contents of the disk fail under Linux (Mandrake 7.0). I have > to manually unmount the disk, and then re-mount it. > > Similarly, I have a 1GB IOMEGA JAZZ disk which is also on the SCSI BUS, > and it works flawlessly, even after it goes into sleep mode (spin-down). > The JAZZ disk does not interfere; the problem with the ORB disk exists > with or without the JAZZ disk attached to the SCSI BUS. > > I realize that you may not support the Linux operating system. If you > won't help me directly, do you know of a discussion area or group where > I can post my problems? > > I have the following system: > > Drive Interface: SCSI > SCSI Id: 6 > Vendor: CWS ORB2 > Model: -SE U ID 6 > Rev: D20 > > I own a generic PC with 128MB RAM, and a Pentium II/400 processor. > The SCSI card is an ASUS PCI-SC200. > ASUS PCI-SC200 PCI SCSI Controller Specifications (from www.asus.com): > - 32-bit PCI Local Bus Interface > - PCI Bus Master Capability > - NCR 53C810 32-bit PCI SCSI Chip > - Support Fast SCSI-2 transfer rate > . 5 MB/Sec asynchronous mode > . 10 MB/Sec synchronous mode > > Thank you for your time. > > John Muir > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I am unhappy with my ORB disk. I run my system primarily under Mandrake Linux 7.0. My ORB disk works fine on my system when the disk is mounted and unmounted by hand. I can mount the disk, use it normally as long as it doesn't go into sleep mode, and unmount it when I'm done using it. When my ORB disk spins-down (goes into sleep mode), any attemps to re-read the contents of the disk fail under Linux (Mandrake 7.0). I have to manually unmount the disk, and then re-mount it. Similarly, I have a 1GB IOMEGA JAZZ disk which is also on the SCSI BUS, and it works flawlessly, even after it goes into sleep mode (spin-down). The JAZZ disk does not interfere; the problem with the ORB disk exists with or without the JAZZ disk attached to the SCSI BUS. I realize that you may not support the Linux operating system. If you won't help me directly, do you know of a discussion area or group where I can post my problems? I have the following system: Drive Interface: SCSI SCSI Id: 6 Vendor: CWS ORB2 Model: -SE U ID 6 Rev: D20 I own a generic PC with 128MB RAM, and a Pentium II/400 processor. The SCSI card is an ASUS PCI-SC200. ASUS PCI-SC200 PCI SCSI Controller Specifications (from www.asus.com): - 32-bit PCI Local Bus Interface - PCI Bus Master Capability - NCR 53C810 32-bit PCI SCSI Chip - Support Fast SCSI-2 transfer rate . 5 MB/Sec asynchronous mode . 10 MB/Sec synchronous mode Thank you for your time. John Muir [EMAIL PROTECTED]
