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From: dpm@web1.bga.com (David P. Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Quantum Grand Prix 4301S with BSDI?
Date: 28 Jul 1995 13:20:43 -0500
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In article <3vas3f$id1@sphinx.Gsu.EDU>,
Elizabeth Strickler <matess@ubu.cs.gsu.edu> wrote:
>Tom Haapanen (tomh@metrics.com) wrote:
>
>
>: > The Buslogics controllers work fine with the drives.  The drive should
>: > also work if you disable sync SCSI, but that would be a shame to do
>: > with the super-fast Grand Prix/Atlas.
>
>When you set these drives up with the Buslogic controller, what geometry
>do you use? More specifically, what do you use for sectors/track if the
>drive is zone recorded. I have a Quantum Fireball 1080 and cannot get
>the thing to boot once I have installed BSD which I assume is a geometry
>problem. Do you have to use specific parameters with the newfs command?
>or is the Fireball not compatible or how can I tell? 

Try experimenting with different Buslogics configs.  In particular,
turn OFF the translation for drivers larger than 1Gig.  (I don't know
if the Fireball is large enough for it to matter though.)  You might
also try playing with the sync SCSI setting just to see if it matters.

-dpm




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 David P. Maynard, dpm@flametree.com
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