Subject: Re: Archive viper config.
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@pci.on.ca>
From: Per Fogelstrom <pefo@enea.se>
List: current-users
Date: 12/16/1995 19:36:07
>
> OK. I'm positive that the Archive Viper in question is at
> SCSI ID 4 and is out of the way of the other IDs on the bus (0, 1, and
> 2) ... "st? at scsibus? target ? lun ?" (or something very close) is
> in my config file.
>
> The tape is still not being recognised. There are 9 jumpers
> on the unit. 3 are the obvious id0 id1 and id2. There are three more
> labelled cf0 cf1 and cf2. What are these for, and how should I set
> them? In the SGI 4D/35 that the unit came from, cf0 and cf2 were
> jumpered and cf1 was not.
>
> What can I enable or do to diagnose this problem further?
>
Vipers can't do autodetection. You have to create different devices
for different densitys. Minor number 8 = 120Mb, 4 = 150Mb and
12 = QIC-24 (60Mb). At least this is the only way it works for me,
and since it do i haven't bothered to find out why minor 0 doesn't.
If you have a 2525 (525Mb) it uses ST_Q_SENSE_HELP quirq but it
might not work.
The cfg0-2 switches is for setting the disconnect size, eg the maximum
size transfered before disconnect to allow other scsi devices to
acces the bus. Jumper in sets bit to 1.
0 = 2kb
1 = 4kb
2 = 6kb
3 = 8kb
4 = 12kb
5 = 16kb
6 = 24kb
7 = 32kb
I'm using my viper at id 4 and disconnect size 16k. Works perfectly.