Original message:
> Sun Managers:
>
> I recently moved a Hitachi DK815-10 disk from a Sun 3/480 w/ a XY7053
> controller to a Sun 4/160 with a XY451 controller. The Sun 4/160 has 2
> XY451's, the DK815 is attached to the second cntlr which already has a
> working CDC9720-500 (xy3). I set the front panel unit number switch to 2
> on the DK815. I daisey chained the A cable and attached a B cable that
> was left over from a previously attached disk. Neither the boot probe
> nor the format program sees the drive. I have swapped the B cables,
> moved the A cable with no change. All the other disks (xy[013]) are
> recognized by the system.
>
> The kernel is generic. Here is the section from the config file that
> describes the xy451:
>
> #
> # Support for 2 Xylogics 450/451 controllers with 2 drives each.
> #
> controller xyc0 at vme16d16 ? csr 0xee40 priority 2 vector xyintr 0x48
> controller xyc1 at vme16d16 ? csr 0xee48 priority 2 vector xyintr 0x49
> disk xy0 at xyc0 drive 0
> disk xy1 at xyc0 drive 1
> disk xy2 at xyc1 drive 0
> disk xy3 at xyc1 drive 1
>
> Could the line 'xy2 at xyc1 drive 0' mean I should set the front panel
> unit # to 0?
>
>
The answer was 'yes'. Thanks to the following for replies:
"Anthony A. Datri" <uunet!concave.convex.com!datri>
Aad v/d Klaauw <uunet!cwi.nl!Aad.van.der.Klaauw>
Kerien Fitzpatrick <uunet!frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu!fitz>
Matt Crawford <uunet!oddjob.uchicago.edu!matt>
Mike Raffety <uunet!sbcoc.com!miker>
uunet!antares.mcs.anl.gov!rackow
uunet!cogsci.UCSD.EDU!wallen (Mark R. Wallen)
uunet!issi.com!vasey (Ron Vasey)
uunet!sibyl.saic.com!kfp
uunet!sj.ate.slb.com!poffen (Russ Poffenberger)
uunet!ultra.com!shj (Steve Jay {Ultra Unix SW Mgr})
uunet!wbst845e.xerox.com!matt (Matt Goheen)
Unfortunately...
I could not format the disk. I saved the bad block list to a file while
the disk was still attached to the 7053 controller. I ran the format
program on the Sun4/XY451, selecting DK815 from the menu with the
following results:
sparky:root 36: format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. xy0 at xyc0 slave 0
xy0: <CDC EMD 9720 cyl 1147 alt 2 hd 10 sec 48>
1. xy1 at xyc0 slave 1
xy1: <CDC EMD 9720 cyl 1147 alt 2 hd 10 sec 48>
2. xy2 at xyc1 slave 0
xy2: <drive type unknown>
3. xy3 at xyc1 slave 1
xy3: <CDC 9720-500 cyl 1215 alt 2 hd 10 sec 67>
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES:
0. Fujitsu-M2312K
1. Fujitsu-M2284/M2322
2. Fujitsu-M2351 Eagle
3. Fujitsu-M2333
4. Fujitsu-M2361 Eagle
5. CDC EMD 9720
6. Hitachi DK815-10
7. NEC D2363
8. CDC 9720-500
9. other
Specify disk type (enter its number): 6
Warning: error telling SunOS drive type.
Warning: error telling SunOS drive geometry.
selecting xy2: <Hitachi DK815-10>
Block 1744680 (1736/0/0), Fatal non-media error (cylinder addr error)
Block 1744747 (1736/1/0), Fatal non-media error (cylinder addr error)
Block 1745618 (1736/14/0), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
Block 1745620 (1736/14/2), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
Block 1745622 (1736/14/4), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
Block 1745624 (1736/14/6), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
Block 1745626 (1736/14/8), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
[disk formatted, no defect list found]
<stuff deleted>
defect> load
Enter name of defect file: xy3c-defects
defect file not accessable.
defect> load
Enter name of defect file: xd3c-defects
ready to update working list, continue? y
working list updated, total of 179 defects.
defect> commit
Ready to update Current Defect List, continue? y
Current Defect List updated, total of 179 defects.
Disk must be reformatted for changes to take effect.
<some more stuff deleted>
format> format
Enter starting block number [0, 0/0/0]:
Enter ending block number [1745684, 1736/14/66]:
Ready to format. Formatting cannot be interrupted
and takes 30 minutes (estimated). Continue? y
Beginning format. The current time is Tue Mar 31 10:59:24 1992
Block 262104 (260/12/0), Fatal non-media error (head addr error)
failed
format>
-Greg
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Liant Software Corporation
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