by Hello. I have a SPARC 2 with a Conner CFP1060S 1.05GB SCSI hard disk
running RH Linux 5.1 -- or at least I was running RH Linux 5.1 before my
filesystem become horribly corrupted with inode errors. The precise error
message while running mke2fs reads:
Current error sd08:01: sense key Hardware Error
Additional sense indicates Track following error
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:01 sector xxxxxx
My scsi controller appears to be NCR53C90A. According to the SCSI Howto,
"There is now a fix available for customers with a CFP1060x (microcode
revisions 9WA1.62/1.66/1.68) and Linux. To apply the upgrade, you will need
a DOS boot disk and ASPI drivers that can access the hard drive. The upgrade
downloads new queuing and lookahead code into the non-volatile SCSI RAM of
the drive." I have microcode rev. 9WA1.66, but apparently no one at Seagate
(which bought out Conner) knows how to implement this upgrade on a SPARC.
Is there anyone who can help?? Thanks.