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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!news.co.intel.com!chnews!itnews.sc.intel.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!disp atch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: An odd behavior when re-installing to new disk [long(winded)] Date: 26 Jun 1996 14:30:22 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4qs34e$h3@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <RUSSO.96Jun24142236@camel.swcp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thomas Russo (russo@camel.swcp.com) wrote: : Great, now all that I need to do is to log in and do a restore from : /dev/nrst0. : No go. No activity from the drive, and eventually start getting messages on : the console of st(0:2:0) timeouts. I tried lots of stuff, including disabling : every imaginable uninstalled device using -c on bootup, removing every card : that wouldn't be used during the re-install, and anything else I could think : of which might have caused the device to stop working since I put the new disk : in. It really sounds as if your scsi chain wasn't terminated correctly. Otherwise it's a mistery to me. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....