ZuluSCSI in 6360 being difficult--help!

[mloret]

Hey folks. I wanted to check in an see if anyone could help me with an issue I am having. I have a Performa 6360, running 7.6.1. It has given me lots of problems, but I thought I had gotten in to cooperate with me on most days. Something strange happened recently though. The CD drive was dead, so I replaced the CD drive with a ZuluSCSI which I used to mount CD images. This weekend, for some reason, it stopped mounting CD images but it would still mount HD images. I would check in SCSI Probe and the ZuluSCSI showed up, but the disc wouldn't mount on my desktop. I tried multiple CD images, still nothing. I tried different SD cards, nothing. I had beein playing with Conflict Catcher (I was trying to get SuperWIngCOmmander to run) and thought maybe I had screwed up the extensions, so I reinstalled system 7.6.1 to get everything back to default. That seems to have helped, but the CD image shows up about 50% of the time. When it doesn't show up, I turn the whole thing off, pop the SD card out, slide it back in, and boot up the computer, and the image mounts.

ANy idea what's going on here? Yes, termination is on.

 

[mloret]

Here's the most recent log.
[0ms] DIPSW3 is ON: Enabling SCSI termination
[1ms] Optional GreenPAK detected, loading firmware
[53ms] GreenPAK firmware successfully loaded
[166ms] SD card detected, FAT32 volume size: 29806 MB
[166ms] SD MID: 0x9F, OID: 0x54 0x49
[166ms] SD Name: 00000
[167ms] SD Date: 1/2016
[167ms] SD Serial: 0x38140000
[172ms] Config file zuluscsi.ini not found, using defaults
[172ms] Active configuration:
[177ms] -- SelectionDelay: 255
[181ms] -- EnableSCSI2 is on
[587ms] Finding HDD images in directory /:
[587ms] -- Opening /CD6.cdr for id:6 lun:0
[615ms] ---- WARNING: file /CD6.cdr is not contiguous. This will increase read latency.
[616ms] ---- Configuring as CD-ROM drive based on image name
[616ms] ---- Read prefetch enabled: 8192 bytes
[617ms] -- Opening /HD30_512 ALR CD.hda for id:3 lun:0
[879ms] ---- Image file is contiguous, SD card sectors 27062464 to 29110463
[879ms] ---- Read prefetch enabled: 8192 bytes
[903ms] SCSI ID:3 BlockSize:512 Type:0 Quirks:0 ImageSize:1024000kB
[904ms] SCSI ID:6 BlockSize:2048 Type:2 Quirks:0 ImageSize:623554kB
[1406ms] SCSI PHY operating mode: GREENPAK_DMA
[1406ms] Initialization complete!
[1406ms] Platform: ZuluSCSI v1.1
[1407ms] FW Version: 1.1.1-release Oct 25 2022 12:53:37

 

[robin-fo]

WARNING: file /CD6.cdr is not contiguous. This will increase read latency.

I wonder if this might me the issue... Safe all disk images from the SD card to another volume, reformat it and copy all files back.

 

[mloret]

Doing a long format with SD Card Formatter seems to have improved things.

 

[rabbitholecomputing]

Here's the most recent log.
[0ms] DIPSW3 is ON: Enabling SCSI termination
[1ms] Optional GreenPAK detected, loading firmware
[53ms] GreenPAK firmware successfully loaded
[166ms] SD card detected, FAT32 volume size: 29806 MB
[snip]
[1406ms] Initialization complete!
[1406ms] Platform: ZuluSCSI v1.1
[1407ms] FW Version: 1.1.1-release Oct 25 2022 12:53:37

@mloret, this firmware is quite old. There have been eight firmware releases since version 1.1.1. Before you do anything else, do yourself a favor and get current, because it's entirely possible you're running up against bugs that are already fixed.

For ZuluSCSI V1.1, you just need to download ZuluSCSIv1_1_2023-04-11.bin and place it on the SD card you use with your ZuluSCSI. Then, power it up. It takes about one second to update the firmware.

The latest ZuluSCSI firmware releases (as well as the latest development version) are available for download from https://github.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware/releases, and you can also build the firmware yourself, if you have a reason to want to do so.

 

[mloret]

Thank you for this response and directions on how to update the firmware. I will do that promptly when I work with my Zuluscsi again.

 

[mloret]

Hello again! I did update the firmware—thank you for the instructions. I still seem to be experiencing one strange quirk but only with CD images. Some of the time, the CD images won’t mount. However, when I power down the machine, take the sd card out and slide it back in and reboot, the images mount. Powering down and reboot by itself doesn’t do the trick. I have to remove and reinstall the SD card from the sd slot. Weird huh? Any idea what this could be?

Thank you again for your guidance.

M

 

[rabbitholecomputing]

@mloret try setting ReinsertCDOnInquiry = 1 in your zuluscsi.ini file.

 

[mloret]

@mloret try setting ReinsertCDOnInquiry = 1 in your zuluscsi.ini file.

Thank you, I will make that edit.

 

[mloret]

Thank you, I will make that edit.

Ah, turns out I haven't been using an .ini file. I guess I have been going with the defaults. If I download the attached, ReinsertCDOnInquiry is already 1. Should I try to use that?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZuluSCSI/ZuluSCSI-firmware/main/zuluscsi.ini

 

[rabbitholecomputing]

You don't need to use the whole thing, just two lines in a plain-text .ini file with the following:

[SCSI]
ReinsertCDOnInquiry = 1

 

[mloret]

Okay I will try that. Thank you again for your help.