Problems formatting disk

[Tobbe Lindgren]

Here is a problem I need help with.

We have recently acquired a 600Mb SCSI disk. I thought I could use it on
our Sun4c, but that wasn't so easy.

The disk is a RZ56 (600 Mb, SCSI) from Digital, set to SCSI-ID 0.

When I tried to use format, the response was:

  "esp0: current command timeout at target 0 lun 0"

and that message was repeated several times. Actually, the disk didn't
even seem to spin up. The disk IS working on a VAX though.

Could someone give me a hint or tell me if it's a dead-end.

Thanks in advance
#    Torbjorn Lindgren                  email: tobbe at gbg.infolog.se  #