O2 cdrom compatibility
#1
O2 cdrom compatibility
Hi! With my Plextor PX-40TSi (two models 1.5 and 1.12) on o2 I have the message on image bellow... why? The cdrom is perfect (read and boot) and on other sgi machines don’t show this message. Any way to remove it?


Attached Files Image(s)
   
marmotta
O2

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 34
Threads: 9
Joined: Jun 2018
Find Reply
04-14-2021, 04:00 PM
#2
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
A ton of drives do this, my SCSI DVD-RAM drives do this..it's dumb and if someone knows how to suppress this, I'd also like to know!
weblacky
I play an SGI Doctor, on daytime TV.

Trade Count: (10)
Posts: 1,716
Threads: 88
Joined: Jan 2019
Location: Seattle, WA
Find Reply
04-14-2021, 05:39 PM
#3
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
Seems to be a command sent by the kernel at cdrom, and cdrom not respond... but I don’t know what’s command it is. Other than the annoying message, it slow down the boot process.
marmotta
O2

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 34
Threads: 9
Joined: Jun 2018
Find Reply
04-14-2021, 06:36 PM
#4
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
causes resets because of it, that's why slow.
weblacky
I play an SGI Doctor, on daytime TV.

Trade Count: (10)
Posts: 1,716
Threads: 88
Joined: Jan 2019
Location: Seattle, WA
Find Reply
04-14-2021, 06:36 PM
#5
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
I not understand why this problem is only on o2... on Octane/Indy/Indigo2 this message not appear
marmotta
O2

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 34
Threads: 9
Joined: Jun 2018
Find Reply
04-14-2021, 10:58 PM
#6
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
Could it be that the O2 sends a command before the drive is ready?

Does it behave the same at power on as when doing a warm restart?

You could try and remove the Reset signal and see if it is has to do with that the O2 asserts Reset to close in time to the first command sent to the drive since I dont think reset is needed

SGI: Indigo 2, Origin 200(not currently working)
Sun: SS5, SS10, SS20, U5, U10, Ultra1 170E C3D, Blade 100, Blade 1500 Silver, Blade 2500 Silver, U45, E250, E450, T1000, T2000, M3000
sunray
Indigo2 R10000

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 71
Threads: 8
Joined: Oct 2018
Location: Sweden
Find Reply
04-15-2021, 09:49 PM
#7
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
The diagnostic info (asc = 0x4, asq = 0x1) refers to the SCSI Primary Commands standard (SPC). It means, "Additional Sense Code, and Additional Sense Code Qualifier" are 4 and 1 respectively.
This combination of values is used by the target to report the condition "Logical Unit Not Ready, Becoming Ready".

Without putting a logic analyzer on the Plextor, my assessment is that the O2 is requesting information while the drive is not yet ready to communicate. All SCSI devices should be able to respond to INQUIRY commands at any time, however. So it may be the O2 is using MODE SENSE or MODE SELECT (in particular, to adjust block size?) before the drive is fully online.

Personaliris O2 Indigo2 R10000/IMPACT Indigo2 R10000/IMPACT Indigo2 Indy   (past: 4D70GT)
robespierre
refector peritus

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 640
Threads: 3
Joined: Nov 2020
Location: Massholium
Find Reply
06-27-2021, 08:07 AM
#8
RE: O2 cdrom compatibility
Is it set as SCSI ID 4 ?
Hulting74
O2

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 15
Threads: 8
Joined: Nov 2019
Location: Sweden
Find Reply
06-28-2021, 12:43 PM
#9
marmotta
(06-28-2021, 12:43 PM)Hulting74 Wrote:  Is it set as SCSI ID 4 ?

Yes. But I have solved… changed the drive with Toshiba. ;-)
marmotta
O2

Trade Count: (0)
Posts: 34
Threads: 9
Joined: Jun 2018
Find Reply
07-09-2021, 11:08 PM


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)