Re: PR #40571 - NetBSD Atari install fails to prepare 16GB MTRON SSD on ACARD SCSI to IDE bridge

["David Ross" <dross%pobox.com@localhost>]

Ok, I formatted the device so it should be in the bad state again, then 
attached it as sd1 on the ATARI.  I'll send you connection details 
separately.

Yes, I can install NetBSD onto the MTRON on my PC with the Adaptec.  This is 
actually easy since I won't have to blow away my existing OS install there.

Thanks!

Dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brownlee" <abs%absd.org@localhost>
To: <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
Cc: <jdc%coris.org.uk@localhost>; <port-atari%netbsd.org@localhost>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: PR #40571 - NetBSD Atari install fails to prepare 16GB MTRON 
SSD on ACARD SCSI to IDE bridge


> From: David Ross <dross%pobox.com@localhost>
>
> > Ok, David Brownlee helped diagose this and it was determined
> > that zero'ing the first MB of the disk and rebooting fixes this issue. 
> > It
> > appears that for some reason the format operation performed by my Adaptec
> > SCSI BIOS leaves some junk on the disk.
> >
> > It would be great if there were an advanced option during install to wipe
> > the disk and reload the disklabel (including doing whatever is necessary
> to
> > refresh the version of the disklabel the kernel caches).  Otherwise, the
> > install should be more forgiving if there is already junk on the disk -- 
> the
> > current mode of failure isn't great.
>
> Is it hooked up to the TT in the bad state now? Maybe I can adjust
> disklabel to handle the -1 case
>
> > I've noted this stuff in PR #40571.
> >
> > I attempted a 5.0 RC2 install onto the MTRON/ACARD combo and hit the
> issue I
> > had experienced back on NetBSD 1.6.1.  I've filed a new PR on this one:
> > http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=40638
> > Screenshot: http://i43.tinypic.com/aev5ds.jpg
> >
> > I'm OK with my Seagate drive, so this is not all that problematic for me.
> > It would be nice to be able to use the MTRON SSD though.
>
> Are you able to test a NetBSD/i386 install on the MTRON SSD via the
> adaptec? Just to see if its specific to the atari scsi controller