Hardware upgrades, can't duplex or mirror drives

mar...@shorekarn.com

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Jul 22, 2002, 1:11:56 PM7/22/02

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Help!

I am upgrading the server hardware. Intel SDS2 motherboard with
integrated Adaptec AIC 7899 SCSI dual channel.
I have a Ultra160 scsi drive on each channel of the scsi controller.
I can create a netware partition on each drive.
When I try to mirror/duplex, I select the only visible drive in the
window, hit Insert and get "no suitable netware partition present"

I have followed the Adaptec instrucions, added patches from nwpa_up.
Adaptec driver is ADPT160m downloaded today.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong, or is there a compatibility problem?

Regards

Martin Wakely

Barry Schnur

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Jul 22, 2002, 2:43:45 PM7/22/02

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Strange -- if you try to create a new volume, does the second drive and
partition show up as available space?

Barry Schnur
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mar...@shorekarn.com

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Jul 23, 2002, 2:58:03 AM7/23/02

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mar...@shorekarn.com

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Jul 23, 2002, 3:02:07 AM7/23/02

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Yes it does - primary drive shows up as Netware partition, second drive
shows up as hotfix partition.
I get one error message when loading the scsi driver - unable to find load
file neb.nlm.
I did manage to get into the mirror section once, but when I dropped back
through the menu the drive said it was non-mirrired, and I couldn't then
get back into the menu to sync the mirrored drives etc.

mar...@shorekarn.com

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Jul 23, 2002, 11:01:03 AM7/23/02

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I have also tried mirroring two drives when they are connected to the same
controller, and again they won't mirror.

Felton Green (SysOp)

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Jul 23, 2002, 11:30:07 AM7/23/02

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Hi

Did you check the SCSI ID and perform a low level format/verify when you
installed the new drive?

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Felton Green (SysOp)

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Jul 23, 2002, 11:28:41 AM7/23/02

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Hi

I'd check the terminations, cables and speed.

When you boot did you check to see if the controller recognizes the drive?

Barry Schnur

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Jul 23, 2002, 11:45:46 AM7/23/02

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>Yes it does - primary drive shows up as Netware partition, second drive
>shows up as hotfix partition.

A hotfix partition? Not sure of this status...

It could well be a hardware and driver issue, you are using hardware that is
much newer than the OS...

mar...@shorekarn.com

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Jul 24, 2002, 3:20:32 AM7/24/02

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I will check terminations and speed.
Both drives are recognised by the controller and also appear in the list
of available space when adding volumes in netware.

I guess I should also try adaptec to see if they know of any issues.

Martin Wakely

Felton Green (SysOp)

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Jul 27, 2002, 3:48:05 PM7/27/02

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Hi Martin,

Did you low level format the new drive with the controller? What did the
SCSI ID number check and termination come out to be?

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