I have a Compaq XP-1000 running Tru64 UNIX 5.0 with an Intraserver 6201U2
dual-channel ultra2 SCSI interface card connected. I'm having problems
creating an advfs file system on a disk connected to the machine through
this interface card. The disk (a Seagate Barracuda 50) formats and operates
okay as a ufs file system, but if I try to format it as an advfs system
using mkfdmn, I get a large number of errors in the system error log and a
mkfdmn error:
mkfdmn: domain init error I/O error
An example error that was e-mailed back to me by the error logger was:
============================ Translation =============================
Sequence number of error: -839385038
Time of error entry: 10-Dec-1999 13:40:31
Host name: rossby
SCSI CAM ERROR PACKET
Controller type: DISK
SCSI device class: DEC SIM
Bus Number: 4
Target number: 0
Lun Number: 0
Name of routine that logged the event: ss_perform_timeout
Event information: timeout on disconnected request
############### Entry End ###############
Event information: Active CCB at time of error
############### Entry End ###############
The problem isn't unique to this disk. I ran into the same difficulty
trying to format as advfs on older Barracuda 18's through this interface.
The disks work fine as advfs when mounted internally.
I have the latest patch kit for v5.0 installed. Is anyone successfully
using advfs through an Intraserver card (itpsa driver)? Are there known
problems with this driver under v5.0?
Richard Eckman
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
Received on Fri Dec 10 1999 - 19:01:35 NZDT