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From: johnd@physiol.su.oz.au (John Dodson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: DECstn 5000 & 1.2Gb Fujitsu scsi Discs
Keywords: Anyone running this combination ?
Message-ID: <1577@physiol.su.oz.au>
Date: 2 Apr 91 08:03:11 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Physiology Dept., Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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I just got a DECstation 5000 which I tried to put some Fujitsu
1.2Gb SCSI drives onto, the results were less than encouraging...

Trying to install the basic 4.1 Ultrix distribution from a CD-ROM
works up untill it tries to find the drive geometry when the machine hangs.

Trying to do chpt's occassionally works !  & occasionally hangs the machine.

Cables etc. are properly connected !

When the chpt has worked it is possible to mkfs & fsck file systems
but an attempt to the chpt another (fuji 1.2Gb) drive hangs the system.

The drives worked on VaxStn 3100 running VMS.

I know there are problems with Ultrix 4.1 & large (eg 1.2Gb)
but I think that it is more likely to be a drive strapping (configuration)
problem, since I can't even get it to reliably talk to the drives.
Needless to say I have no manuals for the drives (YET !;-)

Anyone who is currently using these drives on a DECStn 5000 PLEASE give
me a clue as to what my problem is.

Thanks


John Dodson,					Dept of Physiology,
johnd@physiol.su.oz.au				University of Sydney,
Phone	+61-2-692-3277				NSW 2006
Fax	+61-2-692-2058				Australia.