Hi, After a clean reboot of your laptop - you still don't see your firewire disk? Or do you "lose" the disk if you plug-in/plug-out the firewire disk when your laptop is running? Urs FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote: > ----- Original message from Urs Beyerle on Fri Jul 7 22:09:05 2006 ----- > >> Hello Troy >> >> So far we have only tested the oracle version. Somehow I "believe" more >> in Oracle than Dell, sorry ;-) >> [...] >> >> If somebody has time, please go ahead and test these rpms. >> >> > > Hello, > > two days ago I installed > > http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/41/kernel/current/kernel-module-firewire-2.6.9-42.0.2.EL-1286-5.sl4.psi.i686.rpm > http://linux.web.psi.ch/dist/scientific/41/kernel/current/firewire-1286-5.sl4.psi.i686.rpm > > and I connect a 1Tb disk to my Dell C810 laptop. > > I could then mount it and copy a few Gb. Yesterday everything was Ok but today > I don't see it any longer. > > Help would be greatly appreciated as there is only a very slow USB-1 interface > on this laptop. > > > #### rabeson:{root}:/home/users/sbob > modprobe -v sbp2 > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.ko > > #### rabeson:{root}:/home/users/sbob > modprobe -v ohci1394 > insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.2.EL/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ohci1394.ko > > > #### rabeson:{root}:/var/log > dmesg > ... > SCSI subsystem initialized > sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]> > ohci1394: $Rev: 1285 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]> > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:0f.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 > ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[10] MMIO=[f8ffc800-f8ffcfff] Max Packet=[2048] > ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[314fc00024ad2810] > ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-01:1023] GUID[0030e002e0606072] > ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; selecting a new root node and resetting... > ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 > ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 > > > #### rabeson:{root}:/var/log > tail -f messages > Sep 21 22:38:40 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 > Sep 21 22:38:40 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 > Sep 21 22:42:03 rabeson kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized > Sep 21 22:42:03 rabeson kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]> > Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ohci1394: $Rev: 1285 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]> > Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:0f.2[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 > Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson kernel: ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.0 (PCI): IRQ=[10] MMIO=[f8ffc800-f8ffcfff] Max Packet=[2048] > Sep 21 22:42:52 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13161]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x > Sep 21 22:42:53 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13204]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x > Sep 21 22:42:53 rabeson ieee1394.agent[13194]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x > > yesterday I got : > > Sep 20 20:18:49 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 > Sep 20 20:18:49 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 > Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson ieee1394.agent[7573]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x > Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson ieee1394.agent[7570]: ... no drivers for IEEE1394 product 0x/0x/0x > Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized > Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1265 $ Ben Collins <[log in to unmask]> > Sep 20 20:19:05 rabeson kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices > Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Maximum concurrent logins supported: 4 > Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Number of active logins: 0 > Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device > Sep 20 20:19:06 rabeson scsi.agent[7631]: disk at /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:02:0f.2/ > fw-host0/0030e002e0606072/0030e002e0606072-0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0 > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: Vendor: Ext Hard Model: Disk Rev: > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: > 06 > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: SCSI device sda: 1953546240 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000216 MB) > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: SCSI device sda: 1953546240 512-byte hdwr sectors (1000216 MB) > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: asking for cache data failed > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: sda: sda1 > Sep 20 20:19:07 rabeson kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > > >