Managers,
I had seen the command
# disklabel -wrn rz8 rzxx
hang on a newly installed 9 GB Barracuda drive even though the kernel saw the
disk on bootup. I received many replies; the clearest explanation was
given by Bob Grandle:
> Typically if seagate drive do not show any size the numbytes field the
> HDR did not come online. The controller board on all seagates that I have
> seen will respond even if the HDA is dead. If the HDA does not come
> online the controller board on the drive can not determine the size of the
> drive and will not respond to the drive cap command.
I replaced the drive today and disklabel (and addvol) work out of the box :-)
Thanks to:
Wayne Baisley <Baisley_at_fnal.gov>
Calvin Chung <CChung_at_siwest.cts.com>
Bryan Dunlap <bcd_at_heinlein.mps.ohio-state.edu>
David Greenberg <dgreenbe_at_georgs.bio.dfo.ca>
Steve Thompson <smt_at_NICS1.CORNING.COM>
Ernie Bisson <BISSON_at_BATES.MIT.EDU>
Eugene Chu <chu_at_musp0.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Bob Grandle <GRANDLE_at_acodbob.larc.nasa.gov>
--Harvey
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Received on Fri Mar 21 1997 - 00:08:19 NZST