On 2006/09/25 at 04:02:45PM -0400, DoN. Nichols wrote:
I've explicitly Cc'd the three who e-mailed me directly about
this after I posted, to fill them in on things. (Though I strongly
suspect that all would see it in the list as well.)
> All,
>
> I posted this a few days ago to comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc, and
> the only answer I got was mostly a suggestion that I post it here. So,
> here it is:
>
> I've got an Exabyte 430 tape jukebox with two drives
> (Mammoth-2).
[ ... ]
> This is OpenBSD 3.8 on a Sun Ultra5 (sparc64 kernel). The only
> part of the system which does not come with it is the LVD SCSI card,
> which is documented in the dmesg information quoted below.
[ ... ]
> And -- when we start having problems:
>
> ======================================================================
> siop1: target 10 now using 16 bit 40.0 MHz 31 REQ/ACK offset xfers
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> siop1: target 9 now using 8 bit async xfers
> ch0: 30 slots, 2 drives, 1 picker, 1 portal
> siop1: target 11 now using 16 bit 40.0 MHz 31 REQ/ACK offset xfers
> st1(siop1:11:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st1(siop1:11:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st1(siop1:11:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): Check Condition (error 0x70) on opcode 0x0
> SENSE KEY: Not Ready
> ASC/ASCQ: Logical Unit Is in Process Of Becoming Ready
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> st0(siop1:10:0): unhandled message 0x23
> ======================================================================
>
> So -- does OpenBSD 3.8 or 3.9 deal properly with Exabyte Mammoth
> 2 drives?
[ ... ]
> If all else fails, I'll pick up another Ultra-5 or Ultra-10,
> stuff Solaris 10 into it, and use the PCI LVD card in that, since I do
> know that Solaris 10 *will* write to the drives -- even with the wrong
> SCSI interface. (I wish that I could find a LVD SCSI card in sBus
> format for the Ultra-2. :-)
O.K. I now have OpenBSD 4.0, and it works nicely in an Ultra-60
which I picked up for the purpose. (It also works nicely with "Solaris
10 U 2" in the same box, so I now have my choices here.) I did have to
download a driver for Solaris for the LVD card (the driver was labeled
as being for Solaris 8 and 9, but it works nicely with Solaris 10).
So -- the improved tape driver, or the improved driver for the
LVD card did it -- or some combination.
BTW One of you suggested that I try using a Sun D1000 as a HVD
to LVD level translator -- but examination of the Sun FEH shows
that it really would work only as a HVD to SE translator, as it
presents a SE SCSI bus to the drives.
Now all I need to do is wait for the packages to be opened up so
I can populate this as I like.
Thanks all -- 4.0 did it.
DoN.
P.S. I really like the new package. (And the song seems just
about right for Obelix's singing overriding everyone else. :-)
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