SCSI Shock Advice !
Graham Bentley
gbentley at uk2.net
Mon Sep 20 14:36:26 PDT 2004
Hi All,
Need some quick advice on the following.
I recently added an Adaptec 29160N
card and an IBM SCSI disc to my server
box which previously had just an IDE
disc.
I cloned the disc using G4U
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
and set SCSI as the first boot device
in the BIOS (disabled 2nd,3rd,4th choices)
So, now I can boot the kernel however
mounts are still referencing the IDE disc
so the system is still using the file system
on that.
I need to use the file system on the SCSI
disc.
Is this just a case of changing FSTAB ?
Or, are there more edits to make ?
Also, I have to fess up . . . .
When I was about to install the new drive
which was sitting on top of the system
box I tilted the box to move the disc
access LED lead onto the SCSI card.
My nice new SCSI disc slid off and
hit the MDF worktop - Agh !
I reckon the drop height was about
14" ~ do you think this would have
exceed the G Force limit and invalidated
my warranty / casued any damage ?
The reason for asking is that I never really
got up close and personal with a SCSI disc
before and it does make some odd noises?
Currently there is a frequent one every so
often - its two freequencies that last
about a second or two each.
I have heard many an IDE controller go
ticky and its nothing like that - sounds
more like some kind of self test or something
although its fairly frequent.
Also, G4U didnt finish nicely as the SCSI
is 36GB and the IDE a 40GB - however the
system boots ok - guess I havent even
used the FS on it yet though . . .
Are there any tests I can do like a surface
scan etc ?
Any comments appreciated !
Graham
Custom PC North West
Open Source Solutions
http://www.cpcnw.co.uk
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