[rescue] Friggin sparc 5

[Brian Hechinger]

> Just for info... I have a SPARC20 that works fine with a single Seagate
> 9Gb drive, but probe-scsi on that drive clears the screen, too. I found
> that any drive numbered higher than the default-boot-3 of the Seagate
> had its info displayed fine. Info on any drive with SCSI ID 0-2 was
> "lost" when the probe of the Seagate drive cleared the screen. *shrug*

i've never seen that.  i wonder what would cause it?  bad INQUIRY returns?

> I've also had trouble with some of the SPARC 5/20 external SCSI
> connectors; I'd disconnect the external tape right off, then work on the
> internals like Brian suggests. Does sound like a bad disk. I've had lots
> of problems like that lately because I have lots of SPARCS and little of
> money. ;)

i've never had this trouble, but with SCSI chains, it's always best to unhook
everything and do one at a time, you will ALWAYS find your trouble that way. :)

-brian