[SunRescue] HiTechCafe 9GB SGI branded IBM DGHS-09Y disks

[Mike Nicewonger]

Where can I get this IBM FLASHDRV ISO?

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Dowdy" <dowdy at cs.colorado.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:28 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] HiTechCafe 9GB SGI branded IBM DGHS-09Y disks


> There's been a bit of discussion on these drives here, so i thought i'd
> poke on y'all.  I bought several of them and in both the SS20 and the
> Ultra1/170 i have tried them in, they occasionally Abort requiring a reset
> (non-fatal condition).  I think this is due to a CMD Tag Queuing problem.
>
> I grabbed the IBM "FLASHDRV" CDROM ISO and figured out which .BIN was for
> the DGHS-09Y and overwrote the SGI firmware (SGI IBM DG 0190) with the
> IBM Retail version (IBMPCCO DGHS09Y 04F0).  I ran 8 passes in format's
> analyze/read w/o an abort, but then it started doing it again on the
> 9th pass. (it did this for passes 9-12, but not on the rest of the 20
> passes, which is better than with the SGI firmware, i think) In format, it
> reports:
>
> Recoverable error during read
> ASC: 0xb   ASCQ: 0x1
>
> I *think* the "0xb" is an "Abort" operation.  When dumping files to the
> newfs'd partition, the error is reported as:
>
> scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
>   /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000 (esp0):
>   Disconnected tagged cmds (1) timeout for Target 1.0
> scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
>   /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 1,0
(sd1):
>   SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
>
> I do have all the docs on using /etc/system and {esp,fas}.conf to disable
TQ
> system-wide, ctrlr-wide, or on a TargetID/Vendor-Inquiry string, but
before
> i do this, i'm wondering if anyone else has bought these drives, had the
> same issues (or not), and discovered a different solution to this problem.
>
> Thanks,
> --stephen
> --
> Stephen Dowdy - Systems Administrator - CS Dept - Univ of Colorado at
Boulder
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