Blizzard 2060 and SCSI Drives

[DGB]

My Blizzard 2060 has a Fast SCSI-2 controller.  I acquire cheap refurbed server pulls from time to time.  Is it possiblw that the wide, ultra wide and SCSI-3 Drives are downward compatible with the use of adapters?  I have three 9.1 GB Ultra wide Fast SCSI-3 drives that I have tried with adapters and I have not been able to get them to work with the Blizzard controller.  I have a 9.1 GB Quantum Atlas  III, 3.5 series that works fine using an adapter from 50 pin to 80 pin.  I have it partitioned into three smaller logical drives.  The problem is that it does not say on the drive if it is a higher format than Fast SCSI-2.  I have a 50 pin Quantum Atlas II that I can't seem to partition and get to work or get mounted.  Every time I try to run Blizzard's SCSI Tools I get a window that comes up telling me it is more than 4 GB and that the file system will not handle it.  It is only 4.5 GB.  Using Blizzard's SCSI Tools I seem to be able to partition it into smaller logical drives and mount it but it still won't come up un the workbench screen.  Also when I go back into SCSI Tools i still get that same window telling me it is too big.  Also if it is in the system it causes HD Tool Box to crash the computer on start-up.  If I pull the drive there is no problem.  Any ideas out there?  Thanks.

[kd7ota]

usually I thought the higher the type of SCSI drive types, the difference in connectors will show up.  But maybe there is some kind of external device that lets you use newer SCSI drives?

As far as I knew, the Amiga accel. boards do SCSI2 at the most?  :-?

[Piru]

@DGB
If the adapters are properly set up, and SCSI chain terminated properly it should work fine.

The 4GB warning is just to note that you MUST use >4GB aware filesystem if you plan to use the >4GB area of the disk or you will have problems.

@kd7ota

As far as I knew, the Amiga accel. boards do SCSI2 at the most?

Never heard of Cyberstorm PPC and Cyberstorm MK3 then?

[melott]

@DGB

I've used the SCSI.device (A3000) C=2091 Hardcard (A2000),
WarpDrive.device (A3000), GVP TekSCSI2 (A2000), Xetec
HardCard (A2000), and RocTec SCSI (A500).
As much as I've messed with these controllers you would
think I would have learned something. (Not really true)
What works with one controller won't always work with
another controller.
Its always 'Trial & Error' (mostly error) for me.

[kd7ota]

Piru wrote:
Never heard of Cyberstorm PPC and Cyberstorm MK3 then?

Sorry, just was used to tons of people telling me that they used SCSI 2 devices, but YES i have heard of them accelerators  :-D  :-)

[ANDYG]

Piru wrote:
Never heard of Cyberstorm PPC and Cyberstorm MK3 then?

Aye, but you ain't going to put one of those in an Amiga 2000 ...

I have an 18GB Ultra2 SCSI drive hanging off my 2060.  No problems with the correct convertors and termination.  With SFS you can even see the whole 18GB of it ... and it's FAST!

[WillSmith]

I've been having some similar probs. I've been putting in a baracuda 36 Gig ultra wide on my scsi2 with an adaptor. You just have to fiddle around with them for a while. I ended up setting it up on my 4000. I think when the partitions are bigger then 4 gig you have to do a quick install rather then the normal install other wise you screw them up.

Will

My system 1200,060 Blizz PPC, mediator- Voodoo 3 3000, Sb 128, Fly video TV, 10-100 ethernet.

[amiga1260]

Some SCSI harddisk has to be set on 8-bit bus mode for older SCSI card such as Blizzard SCSI kit and your Blizzard 2060 SCSI controller.

I had this problem with my Fujitsu 9.1 GB HD 68 pins.

If you use HDtoolbox of AmigaOS 3.9 then you shouldn't have problems with crashing your Amiga.

[DGB]

Piru wrote:
@DGB
If the adapters are properly set up, and SCSI chain terminated properly it should work fine.

The 4GB warning is just to note that you MUST use >4GB aware filesystem if you plan to use the >4GB area of the disk or you will have problems.

PIRU,
I am running a 3.1 ROM and O.S. 3.9 on my 2000.  Is there a file system that will accomodat larger drives and if so where do I get it?

[zipper]

You should have no problems with OS 3.9 (+BB2) FFS when you edit your NSDPatch.cfg by uncommenting the line for 2060scsi.device. Just keep your boot partition under 4 GB (and others that may be needed during boot time).