[Suns-at-Home] Sunblade 1000 doesn't detect FCAL disk!

[Craig Dewick]

hi Mike,

> Is that a Sun FCAL disk, or just a generic one you got from somewhere?

No it's a generic one. A brand new IBM/Hitachi 73 GB FCAL drive.

> There are a number of potential firmware-related issues that might cause 
> that behavior. Knowing what drive it is would be the first step. Of 
> course that assumes that physically and electrically everything is good 
> to go.

Indeed. I know that the system doesn't have a PCI FCAL card in it - the 
system board has an FCAL connector (J2901) but I'd need to shut the 
machine down (it's the one I'm using now!) and pull the cover to see what 
the cabling does. And I'll check the obvious to make sure it really does 
have all the cabling. It didn't have internal fans when I got it but I 
installed my own fans after sourcing some nice Papst ones from an Ebay 
seller.

Craig.

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