I received two responses, both totally different. :-)
This one from Rainer.Ullrich@teefax.mch.sni.de included scsiinfo and scsiping
as attachments.
> disk_type = "SEAGATE ST15150N" \
> : ctlr = SCSI \
> : ncyl = 3710 : acyl = 3 : pcyl = 3713 : nhead = 21 : nsect = 107 \
> : rpm = 7200 : bpt = 54784 :
>The best way to find out the right parameters is to use the programm scsiinfo.
>This programm generates the right format.dat-entry.
>
>We have several problems with the 15150N. But we couldn't fix it!
>First we have had a wrong microcode-version on the seagate-drive. Second,
>we get a newer microcode, but we couldn't load the microcode to the drive.
>Third we wrote a programm to download the new microcode version 19.
>The program does work correctly.
>And now we get a lot of scsi-resetings. Today we reduce the scsi-speed
>to 5MB/s and disable the command tagged queing. Now it seams to be work.
Another from william.charles@sbil.co.uk said
> disk_type = "SEAGATE ST15150N" \
> : ctlr = SCSI : fmt_time = 9 \
> : trks_zone = 21 : asect = 9 \
> : ncyl = 3696 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 3712 : nhead = 21 : nsect = 108 \
> : rpm = 7200 : bpt = 63504
Guess I'll have to use scsiinfo myself! Thanks to both recipients.
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