Hack a Snap Sever 1000?

[firestar2k3]

Originally Posted by blue68f100

What brand drives are you using?

Check to see what config the missing drives are in. "info devices" if it has records of a drive that does not require 48bit it locks all out. I ran into this with another user, he was at the pont of giving up.

Send me a copy of the "info devices" so I can see if were over looking something.

IF individual, unmount 10000, then try the "co de format 10000 /reinit" again.

Your unit may have one of the promise controllers that has a problem with LBA48. If this is the case there is nothing We can do. One user reported this problem on " hack a snap 1000" thread. You may need to go through that thread to find the post. He gives the chip ID with the problem.

OK, Its unmounted again, but the co de format 10000 /reinit does not work...

I get the following error...

Invalid device id 10000 requested

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Command returned with console error 1.


what else shall I try, I have thought about giving up and calling it a day, putting 60's in and getting rid of the box... unless you think its possible to get LBA...god knows how....

[blue68f100]

Some 4100 do not suport 48 bit due to a HW issue.

Apparently you have one of those.

[kcrossley]

Rats! That sucks. Sorry firestar.

[firestar2k3]

nothing else i can do now???

[firestar2k3]

can you give me a command so i can format whilst its unmounted as my final attempt....

[re3dyb0y]

IS there a trick to doing it then david?

Ie with it unmounted being able to format it

[blue68f100]

I guess not, It was just a shot in the dark.

I wish I had my Laptop back I would hunt for post on the promise controller chip problem.

[firestar2k3]

i assume its defo time to give up and cannot get 48bit LBA on my 4100. guess will just have to put 4x 120's in unless anyone has any ideas....

cheers

[Winter]

I'm experiencing the same problem as you poogles, but on a 4100 with new 120GB seagates...

every time I try a 'config devices fsck dev /fix /fixfatal '

it says: W File System Check : Free blk count(s) wrong in superblk (Salvaged)

if I try copy some data to it I get call stack errors.

hrrmmm, I'll try swapping IDE cables...

[kcrossley]

David,

Here's a post on the Promise 48-bit controller problem: http://hardware.mcse.ms/message46075.html

And here's the Promise download page: http://www.promise.com/support/downl...wnload_eng.asp Do you know what Promise chip is on the 4100?

I'm not sure if this helps.

[kcrossley]

According to this web site http://www.digit-life.com/articles/quantumsnapserver/ the Snap Server 4100 uses the Promise Controller PDC20265 chip.

When you go tho this website http://www.storagedrivers.com/drivers/80/80527.htm they have a driver for that chip but the site states that it's NOT the latest driver. I tried to find the latest driver but have been unsucessful as of yet.

Here's a Promise description of that chip: http://www.promise.com/product/oem_a...c20265_eng.htm Does the 2000 use the same Promise controller chip?

WARNING: I'm not a Snap Server expert. If you try any of these drivers you do so at your own risk. If in doubt, don't do it.

We'll solve this problem - eventually.

[kcrossley]

Okay this is getting interesting. Read this page and see what you make of it concerning enabling 48bit LBA. Perhaps it will help. http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive69-2004-7-46075.html

Kelly

[firestar2k3]

nice one! ill look into it all and let everyone know how i get on with my attempts...

cheers all...

[kcrossley]

David,

Is there a debug command that firestar can run to determine the firmware versions of all of the components in his 4100?

[re3dyb0y]

Originally Posted by Winter

I'm experiencing the same problem as you poogles, but on a 4100 with new 120GB seagates...

every time I try a 'config devices fsck dev /fix /fixfatal '

it says: W File System Check : Free blk count(s) wrong in superblk (Salvaged)

if I try copy some data to it I get call stack errors.

hrrmmm, I'll try swapping IDE cables...

Well, i moved my 250gb in the second slot and put my old 80 back in

OVernight i copied 90gb of movies and data and it is still fine this morning


It seems the unit prefers to have 2 drives in


Im just going to swap the drive positions around and then try again tonight



Sam

[re3dyb0y]

Oh

It seems the 4100 have the OS on flashram

Was this worked out before

Firestar is able to boot the unit using no drives

And someone else from here was able to stick 4 new 120GB drives straight in and it booted and formatted them all off


I know for a fact that my 2200 can't boot with no drives.... Well, i couldn't get a net light, or onto the web config

Seems in some ways the larger units are more useful. But this would make sense as they are for bigger organisations, designed for more data and data transfer






Also, im fine copying data

[firestar2k3]

Tried all of last night till 2am! had no luck with the 4100 just pure aggro! need some way of making / forcing it to work. it must be possible. i cant be the unlucky one with the snap that dont to 48bit. this seems in good condition and quite newish. was orignally a dell 705n but is now a SnapOS v.4.0.860...

but still no luck at all.... tried the ? and playing with different commands but they didnt work!

[RichJ]

Hi All,

Glad I stumbled across this forum. I have a Snap 1000 whose 40 GB drive recently died. The light on the bottom of the Quantum Fireball just blinks 10 times but the drive won't spin. I keep the server in the basement so didn't notice the nasty noises it was making until too late.

I bought and installed a new drive in hopes it would reboot before finding the information here and realizing that I also need the OS that resides on the drive (now dead).

Can someone please point me to an image file for the SNAP 1000?

Rich

[re3dyb0y]

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Update on my Server being a Pain - I've had 2 drives in it for the last couple of days

250gb in 1st and 2nd

I have transferred a few hundred gigabytes to the 250gb with no problems

Seems its more stable with 2 drives. Suppose that'd make sense being a 2 drive unit

[blue68f100]

My 2200 was painless. Just turn on raid1. After the raid is built, then swap the drives one at a time.

[re3dyb0y]

Eh....

Where have half the posts gone??

I've got it working fine with an 80gb in aswell

[crapfactory]

poogles:

Thanks for your help this week. I now have two 4100s running s2s filled full of 120gb drives. Reflecting on this at the end of the week, why in the heck should a normal person have two raid5 servers mirroring each other to save a bunch of crap that should probably be deleted anyway? Anyhow, I have a line on a 4000 that I might buy and fill full of bigger drives. This is definitely a disease.

[re3dyb0y]

Originally Posted by crapfactory

poogles:

Thanks for your help this week. I now have two 4100s running s2s filled full of 120gb drives. Reflecting on this at the end of the week, why in the heck should a normal person have two raid5 servers mirroring each other to save a bunch of crap that should probably be deleted anyway? Anyhow, I have a line on a 4000 that I might buy and fill full of bigger drives. This is definitely a disease.

That does seem a little OTT for data that isn't needed

[dog_guy1990]

i have a snap server 1000 how can i clean server log?

[lazarus_21]

I have a Quantum M4100 Snap server running v3.1 of SnapOS. I was wondering if anyone has an alternative ftp site from which I could download the upgrade files.