OT: Mylex problems

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Feb 3 23:09:12 2002

I recently bought a brand new small (9.1GB) FUJITSU SCA-2 drive for $31+
shipping. 2-giggers go for about $7+freight when you find 'em around here.

The -N drives wouldn't help, since the controller is WIDE SCSI.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome Fine" <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Mylex problems


> >Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > A friend has come to me with a problem I don't seem to be able to solve.
He's
> > got a couple of Seagate ST32550W drives and a Mylex DAC960PD PCI
controller, a
> > single-channel type, that just doesn't want to "see" the drives attached
to
> > it. I've verified that the drives work using a different controller, and
the
> > diagnostic software from Mylex seems to suggest that the board itself
thinks
> > it works OK, up to the point at which it is supposed to "see" attached
drives.
> > That's where things fall apart.
>
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> I just bought a "bunch" of ST32550N drives for only $ 20.00 each. I will be
buying
> some more. Would the "N" drives solve the problem instead of the "W"?
>
> On eBay, they are sometimes even less.
>
> It does not seem worth while to carry on with hardware that does not match
> when the ST32550N drives are so inexpensive!
>
> > He wants to run this thing under Windows95 and I've found him a set of
what
> > appears to be the appropriate set of drivers, but the plug-n-play
operation
> > doesn't seem to go well. His machine is an HP PC-Clone, a "Pavillion"
with a
> > 2GB ide drive and about 64 MB of RAM. The computer is remarkably solid,
from
> > what I've seen, having no particularly noticable problems aside from those
> > associated with the Mylex controller.
>
> I am using the ST32550N drives under W95, W98 and a real PDP-11.
> I could probably boot from them is needed, but I on W98 I will be using
> a pair of 40 GByte EIDE drives. Can anyone recommend a good RAID 1
> controller? I tried out one from EPOX (EP-DR02P3) and it does not work.
>
These drives are pretty generic. The problems are with the controller and its
plug-n-play features.
>
> > Have any of you guys had experience with the MYLEX SCSI adapter involved
here,
> > to the extent that you can suggest ways to make the plug-n-play features
work
> > to fit the system?
>
> Sorry - none at all!
>
> But I could use some help in deciding how to backup the 40 GByte EIDE drive.
>
The only thing I know of that will do a "backup" without risking infection is
TAPE. DVD is too small. If you find a backup application that works reliably
(allows you to restore from its backups, performs scheduled unattended backups
and unattended restores.) under Windows, please let me know.
>
Received on Sun Feb 03 2002 - 23:09:12 GMT