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- From: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
- Subject: Re: ADAPTEC 1542B+CONNER+MICROPOLIS+DELL UNIX
- Message-ID: <C07Ku2.H7H@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 04:08:25 GMT
- References: <1992Dec31.122836.9328@cpio1.fr.mugnet.org>
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- In article <1992Dec31.122836.9328@cpio1.fr.mugnet.org> bernard@cpio1.fr.mugnet.org (Bernard Fouche) writes:
- >
- >Hi Netland !
- >
- >I have a disk problem and seek advice ! I run Dell Unix on two
- >computers, a 433SE and a 450SE (Dell computers). Everything was okay
- >on these computers with one drive on each. Then I installed added a
- >CONNER CP3540 to the 433SE that had already a MICROPOLIS 650Meg
- >(reference unknown, it's a drive sold by Dell when I ordered the
- >computer). I started to have 'SCSI : HA 0 - Incoming message not
- >found' messages on the console (I've heard that this message comes
- >from the SCSI driver and that a new driver has been released. However,
- >I'm not able to find it (no ftp access) and Dell France never heard of
- >it) and when the disk load is very heavy the system hangs !
- >Of course, I checked terminators, SCSI ID, etc...
-
- I bet the Connor is somewhat flakey on the SCSI bus. If you get a "Target
- being reset" message on the console at the time of the hang this is the
- problem. Should that be the case you're in deep doo-doo; there is no real
- good way to fix that.
-
- >I added a HP 1.05 giga disk on the Dell 450SE and I also started to
- >see 'Incoming message not found' on the console but there everything
- >runs fine.
-
- Upgrade to release 2.2 and the message will disappear. It is harmless
- however, and safe to ignore.
-
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- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl)
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