In message <Pine.NEB.4.44.0209031500150.358-100000@moss.i.formula1.com> you write:

|> > Well I _had_ a problem with an IBM DNES-318350 drive that wouldn't work

|> > |> |> sd1(esp1:1:0): esp1: timed out [ecp 0xf03d68d0 (flags 0x3, dleft bc00, stat 0)], <state 1, nexus 0x0, phase(l 0, c 100, p 7), resid bc00, msg(q 0, o 0) >

|> 	Did you ever get to try it with other (non sparc esp) scsi
|> 	controllers?

No. The only working non sparc esp scsi controllers I have are sun3x esp ;-)
Do you think it would be worth a try?

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