Can anyone use a HP disk on an Alpha?

From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer_at_cnam.fr>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 95 16:40:37 +0100

Hello,

I'm trying to use a HP SCSI disk on a DEC 3000/600S running OSF/1 2.0. I can
format it (newfs) and mount it but, after a few minutes of intense use (tar),
the station hangs and I have to press "reset".

I followed the good advices of Tom Blinn and Susan Feng (messages posted on that
list on 5 Jan and 11 Jan 1995). I did a:

disklabel -rw /dev/rrz0c foobar
newfs /dev/rrz0c foobar

I also tried to write a disktab entry (old way) and to use it but I got the
same symptoms.

The disk is installed on the internal SCSI chain of the Alpha (together with
the system disk). Fast SCSI is enabled. Is it legal/possible?

scu's "show device" prints:

            Vendor Identification: HP
           Product Identification: C3323-300
          Firmware Revision Level: 4269

Here is the output of uerf (the offending disk is rz0, unit 0 on the first
SCSI chain):

----- EVENT INFORMATION -----

EVENT CLASS ERROR EVENT
OS EVENT TYPE 199. CAM SCSI
SEQUENCE NUMBER 3.
OPERATING SYSTEM DEC OSF/1
OCCURRED/LOGGED ON Fri Feb 24 10:56:40 1995
OCCURRED ON SYSTEM brunner
SYSTEM ID x0005000F CPU TYPE: DEC
                                        CPU SUBTYPE: KN15BA

----- UNIT INFORMATION -----

CLASS x0000 DISK
SUBSYSTEM x0000 DISK
BUS # x0001
                              x0070 LUN x0
                                        TARGET x6
...
                                        rz0 at asc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 (HP
                                         _ C3323-300 4269)

I have Micropolis and Seagate disks on the same box (but on the external SCSI
chain) and they work fine.

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