----- 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 -- Best regards, Robert FRANCHISSEUR ____ Apollo_gist :-)______________________________________________________ | Robert FRANCHISSEUR - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique - C.N.R.S. | | Equipe "R.A.M.S.E.S." - UNIVERSITE P. et M. 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