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From: Paul Nguyen <pauln@cstone.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Automatic reboots:  Leaves no trace?
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 15:15:00 -0500
Organization: Cornerstone Networks
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Chris Timmons wrote:
>
> Look at your bootstrap messages [dmesg(8) will help if you haven't
had
> a busy message log] for the Quantum firmware revision:
>
> (ahc1:1:0): "Quantum XP34300W L915" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
>                               ^^^^
>
Actually one of my drive sez Quantum XP34300W 589H and the other one sez
Quantum XP34300W L912.

Can I upgrade the one that sez 589H to L915?  I know that L912 to L915.

> If your drive is an Atlas-I like this and you are at L912, then
> you should visit ftp.qntm.com for the firmware upgrade.  I've
> got to add that upgrading is at the very least inconvenient.
>
> You'll need to boot DOS and run an ASPI driver for your controller
> in order for the DSP.EXE program from the ftp site to upgrade the
> drive.  Maybe I was doing something wrong, but DSP.EXE running from a
> floppy was so slow I thought several times the machine had crashed -
> and this was just trying to navigate around in the program!
>
> It did work, and I can no longer reproduce the crashes with L915 of
> the firmware.  Justin T. Gibbs of the FreeBSD project figured this
> out and posted the information to the FreeBSD-curent mailing list

> a couple of weeks ago.
>
> Hope this helps,
> -Chris
Thanks
-Paul

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<DT>Chris Timmons wrote:<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; Look at your bootstrap messages [dmesg(8) will help if you haven't&nbsp;
had<BR>
&gt; a busy message log] for the Quantum firmware revision:<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; (ahc1:1:0): &quot;Quantum XP34300W L915&quot; type 0 fixed SCSI 2<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
^^^^<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
Actually one of my drive sez Quantum XP34300W 589H and the other one sez
Quantum XP34300W L912.</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>Can I upgrade the one that sez 589H to L915?&nbsp; I know that L912
to L915.</DT>

<DT>&nbsp;</DT>

<DT>&gt; If your drive is an Atlas-I like this and you are at L912, then<BR>
&gt; you should visit ftp.qntm.com for the firmware upgrade.&nbsp; I've<BR>
&gt; got to add that upgrading is at the very least inconvenient.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; You'll need to boot DOS and run an ASPI driver for your controller<BR>
&gt; in order for the DSP.EXE program from the ftp site to upgrade the<BR>
&gt; drive.&nbsp; Maybe I was doing something wrong, but DSP.EXE running
from a<BR>
&gt; floppy was so slow I thought several times the machine had crashed
-<BR>
&gt; and this was just trying to navigate around in the program!<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; It did work, and I can no longer reproduce the crashes with L915 of<BR>
&gt; the firmware.&nbsp; Justin T. Gibbs of the FreeBSD project figured
this<BR>
&gt; out and posted the information to the FreeBSD-curent mailing list<BR>
<BR>
&gt; a couple of weeks ago.<BR>
&gt;&nbsp;<BR>
&gt; Hope this helps,<BR>
&gt; -Chris</DT>

<DT>Thanks</DT>

<DT>-Paul</DT>

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