HP 1.18GB drive problems (l

[mh2620 at sarek.sbc.com]

Is anyone using a Hewlett Packard HP97549 1.18GB drive on a 4/60?

I have recently installed one on my 4/60 (it's is hung off my external
SCSI 150MB tape drive).  I did not have a format.dat entry for the disk so
I had to enter the information by hand into 'format'.  I've been getting
the following errors intermitently on my console:

sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
esp0:   Status get fails:msg=0xf8
        Stat=0x17<XZERO,MSG,CD,IO>, Intr=0x8<FCMP>
esp0:   unwanted data out
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command
esp0:   Status get fails:msg=0xf8
        Stat=0x17<XZERO,MSG,CD,IO>, Intr=0x8<FCMP>
esp0:   unwanted data out
sd2:    SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying command
sd2:    Error for command 'read'
        Error Level: Fatal         Block: 8928
        Sense Key:   Hardware Error

While these errors are being generated, my console is locked up and the
application that was accessing the disk ultimately dies. The vendor has
shipped me a new drive, but I'm getting the same errors.

The information I entered into 'format' was:

format> type


AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES:
        0. Micropolis 1355
        1. Toshiba MK 156F
        2. Micropolis 1558
        3. Quantum ProDrive 80S
        4. Quantum ProDrive 105S
        5. CDC Wren IV 94171-344
        6. SUN0104
        7. SUN0121
        8. SUN0207
        9. SUN0327
        10. SUN0669
        11. Sun1.0G
        12. other
Specify disk type (enter its number) [11]: 12
Enter number of data cylinders: 1906
Enter number of alternate cylinders [2]:
Enter number of physical cylinders [1908]:
Enter number of heads: 16
Enter number of data sectors/track: 64
Enter rpm of drive [3600]: 4002
Enter disk type name (remember quotes): "HP97549-T"
format>

'dkinfo' shows the following information:

# dkinfo sd0 (an internal Quantum ProDrive 105S)
sd0: Emulex MD21 controller at addr f8800000, unit # 24
974 cylinders 6 heads 35 sectors/track
a: 16170 sectors (77 cyls)
   starting cylinder 0
b: 28140 sectors (134 cyls)
   starting cylinder 77
c: 204540 sectors (974 cyls)
   starting cylinder 0
d: No such device or address
e: No such device or address
f: No such device or address
g: 160230 sectors (763 cyls)
   starting cylinder 211
h: No such device or address
# dkinfo sd2 (the HP disk drive)
sd2: Emulex MD21 controller at addr f8800000, unit # 16
1906 cylinders 16 heads 64 sectors/track
a: 38912 sectors (38 cyls)
   starting cylinder 0
b: 96256 sectors (94 cyls)
   starting cylinder 38
c: 1951744 sectors (1906 cyls)
   starting cylinder 0
d: 488448 sectors (477 cyls)
   starting cylinder 132
e: No such device or address
f: No such device or address
g: 1328128 sectors (1297 cyls)
   starting cylinder 609
h: No such device or address
#

MY CONFIG:

    Sun 4/60 running SunOS 4.1
    2x104MB internal SCSI drives (Quantum ProDrive 105S, sd0 & sd1)
    150MB external SCSI 1/4" cartridge tape (st0)
    1.18GB external SCSI disk (HP97549-T, sd2)

Can anyone give me some direction as to what might be causing these errors?
I've tried asking Sun but since the drive is unsupported they can only do so
much.

Thanks,
mh2620 at sarek.sbc.com