[SunRescue] Confused SS5 booting -- drive ID?

[Gregory Leblanc]

On 21 May 2001 13:28:23 -0400, BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak wrote:
> > > My confused SS5 is still not booting correctly on non Solaris
> > > (Net/OpenBSD) installs.
> > > 
> > > I just opened it up and it appears both drives have ID=0.
> > > Is this correct for SS5 drives?  Seems a bit off...
> > > 
> > > Is the SS5 drive backplane prewired for drive ID?
> > 
> > If I remember correctly, the SS5 uses about the same drive backplane as
> > the SS20.  80-pin SCA connector right?  The jumpers on the drive can be
> > pretty much ignored, since SCA (Single Connector Architecture) provides
> > SCSI data, power, and SCSI ID all through the same connector.  Ask your
> > PROM for what the IDs really are.  The lower driver is probably 3, and
> > the upper drive 0.  You could also look on the backplane, but I think
> > the ID jumpers were abit hard to see...
> 
> I did not notice any ID jumpers on the backplane.  It looked all hard
> wired.  There were several support chips, plus the two power/bus
> connectors, plus the drive sca plugs.
> 
> Is there a way to set the ID's on the backplane to be 0 and 1?
> 

I've seen 'em...  know I have.  I'll dig my Aurora-1 SS20 out from under
the stack of SS2s when I get home, and See What I Can See.  
    Greg

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