Turns out that the issue with it hanging was that of one the hard drives needing to be remounted. BTW are those things hot-swapable? I now have the hd's at 1 and 3, and the cdrom at 5. Is it worth the trouble to get the harddrives to be anything else or will I be good? Thomas Cameron wrote: > What does probe-scsi-all tell you? > -- > Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT > Cameron Technical Services, Inc. > http://www.camerontech.com/ > (512) 454-3200 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Wultsch" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:44 AM > Subject: Re: SCSI issue > > > >>No joy. I tried seetting as id 5, and it hung. Then I tried id 3, and it >>hung again. >> >>I think i will try to useid4 until I get an os install, then i will pull >>the drive. >> >> >>Thanks a bunch for the help. I feel the same way around as I did around >>girls when I was in third grade. EWWWWWWW, they're weird. >> >>Thomas Cameron wrote: >> >>>??? >>> >>>Oh, I see the mistake. Almost every SCSI device has at least 3 pairs of >>>jumpers. To set the ID it is something like this (I am using : for open >>>jumpers and I for closed jumpers): >>> >>>::: - ID 0 >>>I:: - ID 1 >>>:I: - ID 2 >>>II: - ID 3 (1+2) >>>::I - ID 4 >>>I:I - ID 5 (1+4) >>>:II - ID 6 (2+4) >>>III - ID 7 (1+2+4) >>> >>>See how that works? >>>-- >>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT >>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc. >>>http://www.camerontech.com/ >>>(512) 454-3200 >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Robert Wultsch" >>>To: >>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:11 AM >>>Subject: Re: SCSI issue >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The cdrom only has the option for 1,2, and 4. >>>> >>>>Thomas Cameron wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Ouch - set them to 0, 1 and 5 and you will be in better shape. That >>> >>>unit >>> >>> >>>>>takes 80-pin drives, so you shouldn't need to mess with termination. >>>>>-- >>>>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT >>>>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc. >>>>>http://www.camerontech.com/ >>>>>(512) 454-3200 >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: "Robert Wultsch" >>>>>To: >>>>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:57 AM >>>>>Subject: Re: SCSI issue >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Thanks. >>>>>>Cdrom is set to id4,hd are 1 and 3. >>>>>> >>>>>>A picture of my ghetto sled (I did not have a real sled and did not > > feel > >>>>>>like paying for one) is at >>>>>>http://www.public.asu.edu/~rwultsch/media/dsc_004.jpg . >>>>>> >>>>>>Thomas Cameron wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Look up the installed drives on the vendor's (i.e. Seagate or WD or >>>>>>>whatever) web site. Jumper the first drive to be SCSI ID 0, the > > second > >>>>>>>drive to be ID1 and the CD to be SCSI ID 5. Sparcs don't play nice >>> >>>with >>> >>> >>>>>a >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>CD which is not SCSI ID 5. >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT >>>>>>>Cameron Technical Services, Inc. >>>>>>>http://www.camerontech.com/ >>>>>>>(512) 454-3200 >>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>From: "Robert Wultsch" >>>>>>>To: >>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 1:28 AM >>>>>>>Subject: SCSI issue >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I have a sparc station 20 that I recently bough a cdrom for so that > > I > >>>>>>>>could install debian linux. At this point there is not a functioning >>> >>>os >>> >>> >>>>>>>>on the computer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>At the OK prompt when I type "probe scsi" I am told that only the >>> >>>cdrom >>> >>> >>>>>>>>is detected and then it hangs. On the two hard drives previously >>>>>>>>installed there is a total of one jumper in place. On the cdrom no >>>>>>>>jumper are in place. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I am sure this is a simple matter of the scsi variant of > > master/slave > >>>or >>> >>> >>>>>>>>something like that, but I would rather not experiment with jumpers. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss