Xref: utzoo alt.sys.sun:1539 comp.periphs.scsi:1137 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!nuug!tglobe2!esa From: esa@tglobe2.tollpost-globe (Esa K Viitala) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: scsi disk & Sun Message-ID: <1023@tglobe2.tollpost-globe> Date: 28 Sep 90 11:52:30 GMT Reply-To: esa@tglobe2.UUCP (Esa K Viitala) Organization: TOLLPOST-GLOBE AS, Systemsdepartment, N-6300 ]ndalsnes, Norway Lines: 101 Hello, We have a Micropolis 1588, (668MB, 16ms) disk we try to get to work with our Sun SPARCstation 1. Sofar No Luck. I have a few questions and am hopefull to receive answers from the net... The sparse manuals that we received together with the disk give us the following Configuration Options Table: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Option Option Description Option Characteristic Code Methodology ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jumpers at J2 SCSI Device Address ID2 ID1 ID0 1 SCSI ID 0 off off off 2 SCSI ID 1 off off on 3 SCSI ID 2 off on off 4 SCSI ID 3 off on on 5 SCSI ID 4 on off off 6 SCSI ID 5 on off on 7 SCSI ID 6 on on off 8 SCSI ID 7 on on on Interface Termination Terminator at RN9: 1 Interface Installed terminated 2 Interface NOT Omitted terminated BUS Termination Power Jumper at W1, W2, W11: 1 Drive provides internal Installed at W1 terminator power 2 Host system Installed at W2 provides internal term. power 3 Drive provides Installed at W2 and W11 internal and SCSI bus term power BUS parity check Jumper at W4 1 Drive generates parity and has Omitted parity detection enabled 2 Drive neither generates nor detects parity Installed Spindle control Jumper at W5 1 Motor starts at Omitted power on 2 Motor starts when receiving Installed START UNIT cmd Frame Ground Jumper at W28 1 Frame ground NOT connected to logic Omitted ground 2 Frame gnd connected Installed to logic gnd. I have my guesses of various options, but they don't seem to work. When I boot the Sun it stops during boot, before entering self test cycles (expect: "testing", received nothing). We use a SCSI cable with 50 pins Centronix on the Micropolis end and a 50 pins DSUB plug on the Sun end. Anybody know how the jumpers ought to be set? Anybody have an entry for this disk for format.dat? Thanks in advance, -- Esa Viitala TOLLPOST-GLOBE A/S, Systemavdeling, PO Box 100, N6301 ]ndalsnes, Norway Tel: (+47 72) 21211 / 264, Fax: (+47 72) 22161 ...!mcsun!nuug!tglobe2!esa