On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Barry Skidmore wrote: Is your NVRAM battery OK? Can you see your host ID and Mac address at startup?
> I am having a problem detecting an external scsi drive connected to the > scsi port on the system board of a SPARCstation 20 - Solaris 9 - SunOS > 5.9. Also, I can no longer boot the system, even with this external > drive disconnected. > > The external drive is a Sun X5237A 18.2GB 10K USCSI in a Sun 611 UniPack > enclosure, with a 68/50 pin cable. I have tried address 0 or 2 with the > same results, described below. > > >From the OK prompt, 'test scsi' gives the following: > > Dma register test -- succeeded. > Esp register test -- succeeded. > Dma read test -- succeeded. > Dma write test -- succeeded. > > With the external drive _disconnected_, if I run probe-scsi-all, I can > see my two internal hard drives and CD-ROM drive: > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0001000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],400000/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Target 1 > Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU M2954ESP SUN4.2G28489707621210 > > Target 3 > Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU M2954ESP SUN4.2G28489719663529 > > Target 6 > Unit 0 Removable Read Only Device TOSHIBA XM-4101TASUNSLCD > 342412/08/94 > > > With the external drive _connected_ and set at address 0, as soon as the > external drive is probed, the screen completely clears, the cursor goes > to the top of the screen, and all I can read is the tail end of the > information from the probe of the external drive: > > /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0001000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],400000/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (screen clears, cursor goes to top of screen) > > Copywrite (c) 2000 Seagate > All rights reserved > > Target 1 > Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU M2954ESP SUN4.2G28489707621210 > > Target 3 > Unit 0 Disk FUJITSU M2954ESP SUN4.2G28489719663529 > > Target 6 > Unit 0 Removable Read Only Device TOSHIBA XM-4101TASUNSLCD > 342412/08/94 > > > If I change the address to 2, the screen clears between the information > for Target 1 and Target 3 appearing. > > ====== > > If I do a test-all (with the external drive either connected or > disconnected), the following occurs: > > o the memory test passes ok > > o floppy drive test passed ok > > o font test starts to run, then: > > the screen clears, a finely-detailed, colored plaid background > screen appears, then this becomes overlaid about half-way down > with the normal white screen. The first thing I can read is: > > -- succeeded. > Testing /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0001000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],400010/[EMAIL PROTECTED],c00000 > > then one blank line with only the plaid background, then white screen > continues with the following: > > Using AUI Ethernet Interface > > Lance register test -- succeeded > Internal loopback test -- succeeded > External loopback test -- Lost Carrier (transceiver cable problem?) > send failed. > > Using TP Ethernet Interface > > Lance register test -- succeeded > Internal loopback test -- succeeded > External loopback test -- Lost Carrier (transceiver cable problem?) > send failed. > Self test failed. Return code = -1 > > Testing /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0000000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e0001000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],400000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],800000 > Dma register test -- succeeded. > Esp register test -- succeeded. > Dma read test -- succeeded. > Dma write test -- succeeded. > > === > > Now I can not even boot the system from the ok prompt. Normally, I do: > 'boot disk1:a' > > but get an error that the boot program can not be found. > > The external drive is not connected when I try to boot. I have powered > down the system several times, but I am still unable to boot. > > Please excuse the length of this message, but I am trying to provide all > the relevant information to diagnose the problem. > > Thanks, > Barry > > > _______________________________________________ > Solaris-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users > -- ================================================================================ Ivan Teliatnikov phone: +61 2 9351 2031 fax: +61 2 9351 0184 mobile_phone: +61 402 173 179 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School of Geosciences F05 - Edgeworth David Building The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia ================================================================================ IMPORTANT NOTICES ================================================================================ This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of the University of Sydney, its affiliates or third parties. 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