I'm trying to add 4 9Gb disks to an alphastation 3000/600(Digital UNIX
V3.2C)
It was failing miserably, so I backed of my fileserver and tried to
add them to another, less critical machine, An alphastation 4/250
(Digital UNIX V3.2C)
Things still didn't work, so I went the piecemeal approach to adding
the disks.
Problem is as follows:
I can add any 2 of the disks to the SCSI chain and they work. (Yes I
picked unused SCSI id's).
When I add more than 2 devices to the chain, I lose my boot device.
(Using 'sh dev' from the prom monitor).
Weirdness is as follows:
Add 2 disks at SCSI id 1,2, they work.
Take them off, add 3rd disk at SCSI id 3, it works.
Add 3 disks at SCSI id's 1,2,3, I lose my boot device.
Question:
Am I running up against a system limit ? (Cabeling shouldn't(?) be a
problem as all 4 disks are in a 4pack and I'm using a 3ft cable.)
All help appreciated.
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Joe Pasko
Unix Systems Administration
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute pasko_at_scri.fsu.edu
Phone (904) 644-0193 FAX (904) 644-0098
Received on Fri Jan 23 1998 - 15:16:08 NZDT