Sorry for summary posting delay.
In article <9211261245.AA00492@dink.foretune.co.jp>, I wrote:
shigeya> Subject: Re: Maxtor P0-12S experience on Sun
shigeya>
shigeya> Is there anyone using Maxtor P0-12S with Sun?
shigeya> I'm having problem with that drive for long time.
There were two problems:
1. SunOS 4.1.1 SCSI driver have minor problem which causes
hang in SCSI selection phase. (Bugid 1049417: Hang in selection phase)
This bug is fixed in 100343-03 (not in -02)
2. P0-12S's old firmware have problem.
So, both OS and hardware have problem.
There are two way to avoid this problem. Since we do not have spare
harddrive, it is very difficult to send the drive back to manufacturer.
I use fix(or workaround) 1. Working almost fine..
--> FIX 1: Apply the patch or upgrade OS to 4.1.2 (at least)
Even you do this, still hang once a while.
But new driver reset the SCSI bus and restarting operation.
Better than hang.
--> FIX 2: Upgrade the firmware to new version
How to check the firmware revision:
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From: root@cas.ds.boeing.com (Operator)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 92 09:19:06 PST
Subject: Re: Maxtor P0-12S experience on Sun
Do a "probe-scsi" at the "ok" prompt before boot-up and notice the hardware rev
ision. It is 2 letters and 2 numbers and should start with an L. Try to upgra
de in order to get the latest hardware rev. If you can't even see the disk at
this point, you've got other probs.
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Thanks to:
Allister.Gorman@vuw.ac.nz (Allister J. Gorman)
ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
ups!kevin@fourx.Aus.Sun.COM (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})
Eckhard.Rueggeberg@ts.go.dlr.de
leg@inel.gov (Lance Eric Greenwade)
murillo%ncsi@uunet.UU.NET (David Murillo)
Perry_Hutchison.Portland@xerox.com
root@cas.ds.boeing.com (Operator)
uunet!megatek!randy@kddlabs.co.jp (Randy Davis)
Shigeya Suzuki
Foretune Co., Ltd.
PS. I'm very angry at the 100343-03 patch, since I already installed
100343-02 but I didn't think the newer patch does contain new fixes!
Why sun does not mention there are another problem fixed in this
patch?
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