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From: Monty on 21 Jan 2010 15:32 I have several Sun Ultra 45s (Solaris 10) giving me the same errors when it comes to reading optical media: ATAPI drv, target: 0, reset failed but continuing timeout: reset bus chno = 0 targ = 0 Changing the mode of targ:0 to Multiword DMA mode:2 Drive not ready before set_features timeout: reset target chno =0 targ = 0 It doesn't occur right away, but when it does occur, it requirs a reboot to clear up. Once the error occurs ti won't read any more media. Physical connections are intact and the system is up to the latest patches. Does anyone have an idea what's up here? Thanks
From: ChrisS on 21 Jan 2010 16:19 Have you update the OpenBoot Prom? The current patch is 142703-01 (OBP 4.30.4) I have 40 of these in production and I've not seen this. I use to have many USB issues before updates.
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 21 Jan 2010 17:02 ChrisS wrote: > Have you update the OpenBoot Prom? The current patch is 142703-01 > (OBP 4.30.4) > > I have 40 of these in production and I've not seen this. I use to > have many USB issues before updates. The last time I needed to do this, I downloaded the update, stored it in /1452703-01, and then booted the system telling it to boot from /1452703-01. The system booted the file, updated the PROM, etc. ISTR that there is a jumper on the main board that must be set to allow the PROM update. There is Sun documentation on how to do this. See "Sun Flash PROM Guide for Workstations and Workgroup Servers -- Standalone Version". The Sun part number for the current version is 802-3233-27. If this manual does not apply to your system, find a manual that does! Be careful! If you screw up you can "brick" your system and will have to pay Sun to bail you out. I have done this three times without problems on three Ultra-10 Workstations. You should be sure that your system is protected by an Uninterruptible Power System (UPS) because a power failure during the update can also "brick" your system.
From: Monty on 22 Jan 2010 09:50 On Jan 21, 3:19 pm, ChrisS <chris.sca...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Have you update the OpenBoot Prom? The current patch is 142703-01 > (OBP 4.30.4) > > I have 40 of these in production and I've not seen this. I use to > have many USB issues before updates. I wouldn't have thought this was a USB problem, but I do have USB issues that appear unrelated to this. This particular problem affects the internal CD/DVD reader. I can find nothing at SunSolve about this as relates to Solaris 10 and ATAPI, but the problem does seem to exist for Solaris 8. I can't find any patch correlation between 8 and 10 for this problem. However, I'll update hte OBP and see what happens. Thanks
From: Monty on 22 Jan 2010 11:39
Ok, the OBP has been updated to the latest version (4.30.x). I'm going to aproach this from a USB point of view. USB devices now register with the O/S, according to entries in /var/ log/syslog, but they don't mount to a file system beyond the first or second time they're plugged in. After a reboot, USB devices will register and mount, leaving an icon on the desktop. Beyond the first or second time per boot, they'll only show up in rmformat. What might be keeping them from fully mounting? If I can solve this problem, I'm guessing my DVD reader problem will also solve since it shows up as a removable device, even though it's mounted internally. Thanks |