Re: UNABLE TO BOOT WITH 2nd SCSI DRIVE

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:05:32 +0100


On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 04:33:59PM -0700, jimmy wrote:
> I hope you can shed a light to my problem. The server
> works just fine with a single SCSI drive.
> Unfortunately, when we add the 2nd SCSI drive, the
> system does not boot.

You've given all the information for the case that works, but no information
about the case that doesn't work.

> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00

If this drive remains as ID 6, and your new drive has a lower ID, then
the new drive will become sda, and this one will move to sdb. A possible
solution would be to configure this drive as ID 0, and your new drive
as ID 1.

> Vendor: IBM Model: DNES-309170W Rev: SAH0
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI
> revision: 03
>...

> scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.7
> <Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI adapter>
> aic7892: Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/255 SCBs
>
> Vendor: IBM Model: DNES-309170W Rev: SAH0
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI
> revision: 03
> scsi0:0:6:0: Tagged Queuing enabled. Depth 8
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> (scsi0:A:6): 40.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 31, 16bit)
> SCSI device sda: 17916240 512-byte hdwr sectors (9173 MB)

What whould be really useful is the above message fragment for the case
where it doesn't boot, particularly which drives it's seeing and the
order it's seeing them.

--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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